Last updated 10/30/2025
This Aquestive Website Privacy Notice for California Residents (this “Privacy Notice”) is intended to supplement our Website Privacy Policy and applies only to California residents. Any terms defined in the Website Privacy Policy have the same meaning when used in this Privacy Notice.
Application
Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, (collectively, the “CCPA”), California residents have the right to be informed about the data we collect about them. This Privacy Notice applies solely to natural persons who are California residents, as defined in the CCPA. Please note that this Privacy Notice does not apply to any other website, service, or offering of Aquestive and it further does not apply to residents of California who are acting as employees or job applicants. Any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this Privacy Notice.
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
The CCPA defines “Personal Information” as information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident. Personal Information does not include:
Below are the categories of Personal Information that we may have collected, used, and disclosed for a business purpose, as permitted by law, in the last twelve (12) months, depending on the products and/or services you receive:
Category | Examples May Include | Collected |
A. Identifiers | Your name, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and telephone number | Yes |
B. Customer Records Personal Information Categories | Name, signature, address, telephone number, company name, credit card information | Yes |
C. Protected Classification Characteristics | gender, age | No |
D. Commercial Information | products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies | Yes |
E. Biometric information | Fingerprint, retina scan | No |
F. Internet or other electronic network activity information | Browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with an Internet website, application, or advertisement | Yes |
G. Geolocation data | City and state location of your device | Yes |
H. Sensory Data | Voice and video recordings for webinar presentations | No |
I. Professional or Employment-related Information | employer, job title, and occupation | No |
J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)). | Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades or transcripts | No |
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information collected | Inferences drawn from the information we collect when you visit our Website, reflecting your preferences, predispositions, etc. | Yes |
L. Sensitive Personal Information | Social Security Number, your racial or ethnic origin, and religion collected or processed with the purpose of inferring characteristics about a California resident | No |
Sources from which We Collect Personal Information
The following are categories of sources from which we may receive your Personal Information:
A more detailed description of these categories of sources from which Personal Information is collected is available in our Website Privacy Policy, available here.
Business or Commercial Purposes for which We Collect Personal Information
We may collect the Personal Information listed above for the following business or commercial purposes:
Disclosure of Personal Information for Our Business or Commercial Purposes
We have disclosed the following categories of Personal Information for business or commercial purposes in the preceding twelve (12) months to the following categories of third parties:
Categories of Third Parties to Whom Personal Information Was Disclosed for a Business or Commercial Purpose | Categories of Personal Information Disclosed for a Commercial Purpose | Business or Commercial Purpose for Disclosing Personal Information |
Service providers or contractors | A, B, D, F, G, H, I, K | To help facilitate, manage, and/or analyze our products and services (including web servers, cloud storage systems and service providers, support teams, web analysts, webinar platform providers, credit card processing providers, manufacturing representatives, and others) |
Trade show vendors | A, B, D, F, G, I, K | To facilitate our participation and involvement in trade shows |
Third parties authorized by law to receive Personal Information | A, B, D, F, G, I, K | To comply with applicable legal requirements |
Subsidiaries and affiliates | A, B, D, F, G, I, K | To operate our business and provide our products and services |
Third parties involved in business transfers | A, B, D, F, G, I, K | For example, for a corporate merger, acquisition, consolidation, the sale of substantially all of our assets, or other fundamental corporate change, whatever form it may take |
Market research sponsors | A, B, D, F, G, I, K | When you consent to participate in a market study or survey |
Current or prospective advertisers, sponsors, and other business partners | A, B, D, F, G, I, K | For marketing purposes |
Third parties to whom you or your agents request or authorize us to disclose your Personal Information in connection with products or services we provide to you. | A, B, D, F, G, I, K | To operate our business and provide our products and services |
Sale/Sharing of Personal Information
Subject to certain limited exceptions, the CCPA defines “sell,” “selling,” “sale,” or “sold,” as “selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.” Subject to certain limited exceptions, the CCPA defines “share,” “shared,” or “sharing” as “sharing, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether or not for monetary or other valuable consideration, including transactions between a business and a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising for the benefit of a business in which no money is exchanged.”
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have “sold”/“shared” Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising, within the meaning of the CCPA, as set forth below.
You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information. You may exercise this right by clicking on cookie settings or Do not Sell my Information in the footer of the website to disable optional cookies.
Categories of Personal Information “Shared” | Business or Commercial Purpose for Sharing Personal Information | Categories of Third Parties to Whom Personal Information Was Shared |
A, B, D, F, G, I, K | For marketing operations through the use of cookies and other tracking technologies, including to target advertising and marketing communications to your interests and geographic location and to display content we think may be of interest to you and customize your visit to our Website. | Third party advertising and marketing vendors |
Consumers under 18 Years of Age
Aquestive does not intentionally collect, sell, or share the Personal Information of consumers under eighteen (18) years of age.
Data Retention
We retain Personal Information about you necessary to fulfill the purpose for which that information was collected, consistent with applicable laws. When we destroy your Personal Information, we do so in a secure manner in compliance with applicable laws, such that the Personal Information may not be reconstructed.
My Rights under the CCPA
If you are a California resident, you may exercise certain privacy rights related to the Personal Information we collect about you. You may exercise these rights free of charge, except as otherwise permitted under applicable law.
You have the right to request that we disclose to you what Personal Information we collect, use, disclose, and sell or share. This information includes (a) the categories of your Personal Information that we have collected and sold or shared for a business purpose; (b) the categories of sources from which we have collected your Personal Information; (c) the categories of third parties with whom we shared or sold your Personal Information; (d) the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing your Personal Information; and (e) the specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.
You have the right to request that we delete your Personal Information, subject to certain limited exceptions. For example, we may deny your request to delete Personal Information that we are required to maintain to fulfill a legal obligation.
You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information that we maintain about you.
You have the right to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your Personal Information. You may submit such a request by clicking here.
We will not discriminate or retaliate against you for exercising your consumer rights under the CCPA, including by (a) denying you goods or services; (b) charging (or suggesting that we will charge) different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties; or (c) providing you a different level or quality of goods or services (or suggesting that we will do so). We may, however, offer a different price, rate, level, or quality of goods or services if that price or difference is reasonably related to the value provided to us by your data.
How to Submit a Request
You may submit your request to access, delete, or correct Personal Information collected about you by contacting us at 833-850-0371 or by email at info@aquestive.com.
Verification of Identity and Processing of Requests
As required or permitted under applicable law, we may take steps to verify your identity before processing your request to access, delete, or correct Personal Information collected about you as set forth above. In order for your request to be processed, you must provide us with enough information to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information or an authorized representative of that person. We will confirm receipt of your request within 10 business days and provide information about how we will process your request. We will review each request for access, deletion, or correction carefully and respond to most requests within 45 calendar days if we are able to verify your identity based on the information you have provided; however, we may extend this time period once by an additional 45 calendar days when reasonably necessary, provided that we provide you with notice of this extension.
Agent Authorization
You may designate an authorized agent to request any of the above rights on your behalf. You may make such a designation by providing the agent with written permission, signed by you, to act on your behalf. Your agent may contact us as set forth in this Privacy Notice. Even if you choose to use an agent, as permitted by law, we may require you to confirm you have authorized the agent to act on your behalf or require you to verify your own identity.
Questions or Concerns?
You can contact us by calling us at 833-850-0371 or by emailing
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