Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains what information TSS Consultants may collect through its website, how that information may be used, and the choices available to website visitors.

Last Updated: August 4, 2026

TSS Consultants respects the privacy of website visitors. This Privacy Policy describes how TSS Consultants collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information obtained through tssconsultants.com.

Throughout this policy, “TSS Consultants,” “TSS,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to TSS Consultants. “Website” refers to tssconsultants.com and its associated webpages.

This policy applies to information collected through the website. It does not necessarily govern information collected through a separate consulting agreement, employee relationship, offline project activity, or another website with its own privacy policy.

Information You Provide

TSS Consultants may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

• Submit a contact form
• Request information about TSS Consultants services
• Ask to speak with a consultant
• Send an email
• Call TSS Consultants using a telephone number listed on the website
• Request a report, presentation, or other material
• Provide feedback about the website
• Apply for an employment or contracting opportunity
• Communicate with TSS Consultants in another manner

Depending on the nature of your communication, this information may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Company or organization
• Job title
• Mailing address
• Project location
• Service or project interests
• Information included in your message
• Documents or materials you provide
• Communication preferences
• Other information you choose to submit

Please do not submit confidential, proprietary, privileged, export controlled, or highly sensitive information through a general website form unless TSS Consultants has agreed to receive it.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website, hosting provider, security provider, analytics provider, content delivery provider, or similar service.

This information may include:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Approximate geographic location based on an Internet Protocol address
• Referring website
• Pages visited
• Links selected
• Date and time of access
• Time spent on a page
• General interaction with website features
• Diagnostic, performance, and security information
• Cookie and similar technology identifiers

This information may be used to operate the website, understand general website usage, diagnose technical problems, improve performance, prevent abuse, and protect website security.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small data files that a website may store on a visitor’s browser or device.

TSS Consultants and its service providers may use cookies or similar technologies for purposes such as:

• Remembering website preferences
• Maintaining website functionality
• Supporting security and fraud prevention
• Measuring website traffic
• Understanding how visitors use the website
• Diagnosing errors
• Improving website performance
• Supporting embedded or third party content

Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function. Other cookies may be associated with analytics, embedded media, maps, social media features, spam prevention, or other third party services.

You can usually manage or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect website functionality.

How TSS Consultants Uses Information

TSS Consultants may use collected information to:

• Respond to questions and requests
• Communicate about consulting services
• Evaluate whether TSS Consultants can assist with a potential project
• Schedule calls or meetings
• Prepare requested information
• Provide reports, presentations, or other materials
• Manage prospective and existing client relationships
• Maintain business and communication records
• Operate and improve the website
• Analyze general website usage
• Diagnose technical issues
• Protect the website, systems, personnel, and visitors
• Detect fraud, spam, misuse, or unlawful activity
• Enforce website terms
• Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
• Complete a business transaction or organizational change

TSS Consultants will not use information submitted through the website in a manner that is materially different from the purposes described in this policy without providing an appropriate notice when required.

Contact Form Communications

Information submitted through a website form may be transmitted to and stored by TSS Consultants, its website provider, hosting provider, email provider, form processing provider, or security and spam prevention providers.

Submitting a form authorizes TSS Consultants to contact you regarding your inquiry. It does not create a consultant client relationship or require TSS Consultants to accept a project.

TSS Consultants may retain the inquiry and related communications for business, security, documentation, legal, and recordkeeping purposes.

How Information May Be Disclosed

TSS Consultants may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients when reasonably necessary.

Website and Technology Providers

Information may be disclosed to providers that support website hosting, maintenance, security, data storage, analytics, form processing, email delivery, backup services, and related technology.

Professional Advisers

Information may be disclosed to attorneys, accountants, insurers, auditors, financial advisers, and other professional advisers when reasonably necessary.

Project Partners and Contractors

When appropriate and authorized, information may be disclosed to consultants, subcontractors, specialists, or project partners involved in evaluating or providing requested services.

Information submitted through a general website inquiry will not ordinarily be shared with a project partner unless reasonably necessary to respond to the inquiry or the individual has agreed to further communication.

Legal and Safety Purposes

TSS Consultants may disclose information when it reasonably believes disclosure is necessary to:

• Comply with a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, or government request
• Protect the rights, property, or safety of TSS Consultants or another person
• Investigate fraud, security incidents, or unlawful activity
• Enforce an agreement or website policy
• Establish, exercise, or defend a legal claim

Business Transactions

Information may be disclosed or transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, ownership change, or similar business transaction.

Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

TSS Consultants does not sell personal information submitted through its website contact forms for monetary consideration.

TSS Consultants does not use contact form submissions for cross context behavioral advertising.

Website technology providers may process limited technical information to provide hosting, security, analytics, embedded content, or other operational services. These providers are permitted to use information only in accordance with their agreements and applicable law.

TSS Consultants will update this Privacy Policy and provide any legally required choices before materially changing these practices.

Third Party Websites and Services

The website may link to or incorporate content from third party websites and services, including:

• Government agencies
• Industry organizations
• Social media platforms
• Mapping providers
• Video or media providers
• Document viewing services
• Clients and project partners
• Research and publication sources

Third parties may collect information independently under their own privacy policies. TSS Consultants does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, or data practices of third party websites and services.

Visitors should review the privacy policies of third parties before providing information to them.

Social Media

The website may provide links to TSS Consultants social media pages or include social media features.

Visiting or interacting with a social media platform may allow that platform to collect information about your device, account, and activity. That collection is governed by the platform’s own privacy policy and settings.

Data Retention

TSS Consultants retains personal information for the period reasonably necessary to:

• Respond to inquiries
• Evaluate potential projects
• Maintain business and project records
• Provide requested services
• Comply with legal and contractual obligations
• Resolve disputes
• Protect website security
• Enforce agreements
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the nature of the relationship, legal requirements, and legitimate business needs.

Information may be deleted, anonymized, or securely archived when it is no longer reasonably needed.

Information Security

TSS Consultants uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

No website, email system, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Visitors should use caution when submitting information electronically and should not send highly sensitive information through a general website form.

Children’s Privacy

The website is intended for business and general informational audiences. It is not directed to children under 13.

TSS Consultants does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the website. A parent or legal guardian who believes that a child has submitted personal information may contact TSS Consultants to request its deletion.

Your Privacy Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to request that TSS Consultants:

• Confirm whether personal information is being processed
• Provide access to certain personal information
• Correct inaccurate personal information
• Delete certain personal information
• Provide a portable copy of certain personal information
• Limit certain uses or disclosures
• Opt out of certain sales, sharing, or targeted advertising
• Reconsider a decision concerning a privacy request
• Provide information about categories of data practices

These rights are subject to legal exceptions and may not apply in every situation.

TSS Consultants will not unlawfully discriminate against a person for exercising an applicable privacy right.

California Privacy Rights

California residents may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, when that law applies to TSS Consultants and the information involved.

Applicable rights may include the right to:

• Know the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected
• Know the sources of personal information
• Know the business or commercial purposes for collecting information
• Know the categories of third parties receiving information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of certain information
• Receive certain information in a portable format
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
• Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information
• Receive equal service and treatment when exercising privacy rights

These rights are subject to verification requirements, legal limitations, and exceptions.

TSS Consultants does not sell personal information submitted through website forms for monetary consideration and does not use those submissions for cross context behavioral advertising.

Submitting a Privacy Request

To submit a request concerning personal information, contact:

TSS Consultants
3339 McKinley Village Way, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95816-6564

Tad Mason, CEO
Phone: (916) 600-4174
Email: tmason@tssconsultants.com

Please include:

• Your name
• Your preferred contact method
• A description of the request
• Information reasonably necessary to identify relevant records

TSS Consultants may request additional information to verify your identity and protect personal information from unauthorized disclosure or deletion.

TSS Consultants will use verification information only for reviewing and responding to the request.

Authorized Agents

Where permitted by law, an authorized agent may submit a privacy request on behalf of another person.

TSS Consultants may require documentation showing that the agent has authority to act and may contact the individual directly to verify the request.

Requests TSS Consultants May Decline

TSS Consultants may deny or limit a request when permitted by law, including when:

• Identity cannot be reasonably verified
• The information is not maintained by TSS Consultants
• An exception applies
• The request is fraudulent, excessive, or manifestly unfounded
• Retention is required by law or contract
• The information is needed to complete a transaction or provide a requested service
• The information is needed for security, recordkeeping, or legal claims
• Disclosure would adversely affect another person’s rights

When required, TSS Consultants will explain the general reason for denying a request.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is not a universally accepted method for responding to these signals, the website may not respond to every Do Not Track signal.

Visitors can control many cookies and tracking technologies through browser settings and applicable third party privacy controls.

International Visitors

TSS Consultants is located in the United States. Information submitted through the website may be processed and stored in the United States.

Privacy and data protection laws in the United States may differ from those in another country. By voluntarily submitting information, you understand that it may be processed in the United States, subject to applicable law.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

TSS Consultants may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in website technology, business practices, services, or applicable requirements.

The updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

Material changes may be communicated through an additional website notice when appropriate or legally required.

Contact TSS Consultants

Questions about this Privacy Policy or TSS Consultants privacy practices may be directed to:

TSS Consultants
3339 McKinley Village Way, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95816-6564
Phone: (916) 600-4174
Email: tmason@tssconsultants.com