Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 23, 2026

CDL Marketing Group, LLC d/b/a Career Now Brands (“Career Now Brands”) provides technology-enabled digital solutions dedicated for the employment and education industries (“Services”). This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how Career Now Brands, including our affiliates, subsidiaries, and family of brands (collectively “Career Now,” “we”, “our,” or “us”) processes and collects information relating to you and your household, including your personal information.

By accessing or using any of the Career Now Brands family of websites (collectively the “Site”), or otherwise providing us with personal information, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and any updates we make to it. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, then please do not provide us with your information.  

Changes and Updates to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise or update this Privacy Policy at any time, and you should periodically read the Privacy Policy to learn of any revisions or updates. We will notify you of any changes to the Privacy Policy by posting the revised or updated Privacy Policy and its “Effective Date” on the Site.  If we make material changes, we will provide prominent notice such as through a notice or banner or, where feasible, via email). Using the Site thereafter constitutes your agreement to and acceptance of the Privacy Policy and its revisions or updates.

Collection of Your Personal Information

We collect personally identifiable information about you to help you use our Services.  “Personal Information” is information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.

We collect Personal Information about you in various ways, including:

• directly from you
• automatically when you use our Site from third parties
• from third parties

Information We Collect Directly from You

You may provide Personal Information to us directly in numerous ways.  For example, when you:

• opt in on our Site
• participate in job or career fairs
• communicate with us via email, phone, chat, or otherwise

We may collect the following types of Personal Information from you directly:

• Identifiers, including real name, account name, postal address, email address, signature, telephone number, insurance policy number, date of birth, age,
• Legally Protected Characteristics Under California or Federal Law, including military or veteran status
• Voice messages
• Professional/Employment Information, including vehicle licensure, experience, and time employed
• Education Information, including graduation date
• Inferences Drawn from the Personal Information Used to Create a Profile, including preferences, behavior, abilities

Mobile Messaging Policy

By consenting to Career Now Brands’ SMS/text messaging service, you agree to receive recurring SMS/text messages from and on behalf of us through your wireless provider to the mobile number you provided, even if your mobile number is registered on any state or federal Do Not Call list. Text messages may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system or other technology. Service-related messages may include updates, alerts, and information. Promotional messages may include promotions, specials, and other information.

You understand that your consent is not a condition of receiving any services from Career Now Brands. Your participation is completely voluntary.

We do not charge for the service, but you are responsible for all charges and fees associated with text messaging imposed by your wireless provider. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Check your mobile plan and contact your wireless provider for details. You are solely responsible for all charges related to SMS/text messages, including charges from your wireless provider.

You may opt out of receiving SMS/text messages at any time. Text the single keyword command STOP to +18773765327 or click the unsubscribe link (where available) in any text message to cancel. You will receive a one-time opt-out confirmation text message. No further messages will be sent to your mobile device, unless initiated by you.

For service support or assistance, text HELP to +18773765327 or email privacy@careernowbrands.com.

We may change any short code or telephone number we use to operate the service at any time and will notify you of these changes. You acknowledge that any messages, including any STOP or HELP requests, you send to a short code or telephone number we have changed may not be received and we will not be responsible for honoring requests made in such messages.

The wireless carriers supported by the service are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You agree to provide us with a valid mobile number. If you get a new mobile number, you will need to opt in with your new number.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that we will not be liable for failed, delayed, or misdirected delivery of any information sent through the service, any errors in such information, and/or any action you may or may not take in reliance on the information or Service.

Information We Automatically Collect About You

Career Now and third-party service providers may automatically collect data about you when you use the Site.  This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics so that we can improve our products and Services.  This information includes the following (collectively, “Usage Data”):

• Device and Browsing Information. When you visit the Site, we collect IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, date/time stamps, operating system, language, device type, unique ID, Internet service provider, referring and exiting URLs, clickstream data, and similar device and browsing information.
• Activities and Usage. We also collect activity information related to your use of the Site, such as information about the links clicked, searches, features used, items viewed, time spent within the Site, your interactions with us within the Site, and other activity and usage information.
• Location Information. We may also collect or derive location information about you, such as through your IP address. If you choose to enable location-based sharing with us through your device settings, we may collect precise location information to provide content that is more relevant to your location and to otherwise improve your interactions with the Site. You may turn off location data sharing through your device settings. 

·       Video viewing data.  We may collect internet protocol (IP) address and your activity and history regarding your interactions with videos contained on the Site.

For more information about our use of cookies and other similar technologies, please see the “Cookies & Similar Technologies” section below.

Information We Receive from Third Parties

In some instances, Career Now may receive Personal Information about you from other parties, such as our affiliates, business partners, and service providers.  That information may be obtained online, offline, or through publicly available resources.  We may combine this data with the information you provide, and other data we already have about you.

Some parts of the Services allow you to provide us with personal information relating to other parties (collectively, “Third-Party Data”).  If you use any feature of the Services that allows you to communicate with other parties or to provide information regarding other parties (such as to refer another other party to the Site or to provide us information on a spouse, guarantor, dependent, or authorized user), either by submitting Third-Party Data to the Site or otherwise permitting the Site to automatically access Third-Party Data in your possession, you acknowledge, represent, and agree (a) that you have the authority of the relevant other party for us to access and use the relevant Third-Party Data, and (b) that you have notified these other parties and informed them how their information is collected and used by us to provide the Services.  We reserve the right to identify you as the person who has made the referral in any messages that are sent to other parties. We use Third-Party Data to (a) contact such party using the Third-Party Data provided, and/or (b) provide you with an editable template message designed to facilitate communication between you and such party through the Services. We may also send reminders or related messages to you and to other parties on your behalf from time to time, as and where permitted by applicable law.

Artificial Intelligence Chatbot

We use an artificial intelligence chatbot to assist with customer interactions, respond to inquiries, and offer personalized recommendations. The chatbot may use Personal Information such as your communications with us, purchase history, preferences, or Usage Data to help tailor responses or suggest products and services that may be of interest to you.

Cookies & Similar Technologies

Cookies are text files that are sent by servers to web browsers and stored on your computer. They tell us which parts of the Site you’ve visited so we can save your preferences for future visits. Web beacons and pixel tags are images embedded in a webpage or e-mail for the purpose of measuring and analyzing usage and activity. The Site, or third-party providers acting on our behalf, may use web beacons and pixel tags to help us analyze usage and improve our functionality. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously provided by a visitor.

We use the term “Business Partners” to refer to our Third-Party Advertisers, Marketing Partners, and Analytics Providers, as detailed below:

Third Party Analytics Providers & Marketing Partners.  We use third party tools, which are operated by third party companies, to analyze ad traffic and usage of the Site. These tools collect data about your interaction with the Site via the cookies and through the standard implementation. This data may be used for purposes including delivering banner advertisements and other advertising tailored to your interests when you visit certain websites. These include, but are not limited to:

·       Google Analytics.  We use Google Analytics, Hubspot,and other analytics partners on the Site to help us analyze traffic and improve services. For more information on Google Analytics’ processing of personal information, please see https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

o   You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Preferences Manager.  You can find out more about how Google uses cookies in advertising and opt-out via the following links: Google Display Network (DoubleClick) & Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Cross-Device Tracking. We and our providers may use the information we collect about you within the Site and on other third-party websites and services to help us and these third parties identify other devices that you use (e.g., a mobile phone, tablet, other computer, etc.) to interact or engage with us or the Site.

Third-Party Advertising Partners. We work with third-party ad networks, analytics, marketing partners, and others (“third-party ad companies”) to personalize content and display advertising within the Site, as well as to manage our advertising on third-party sites. We and these third-party ad companies may use cookies and other tools to collect browsing and activity information within the Site (as well as on third-party sites and services), as well as IP addresses, unique IDs, cookie and advertising IDs, and other online identifiers. We and these third-party ad companies use this information to provide you more relevant ads and content within the Site and on third-party sites, and to evaluate the success of such ads and content. Please see below for further information regarding how to exercise your right to opt-out of the sharing of your personal information and targeted advertising.  These include, but are not limited to:

·       Google AdWords.  The Website uses the Google AdWords remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to the Site. That could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to our sites. Any data we collect will be used in accordance with this Privacy Notice, and Google is responsible to abide by its own Privacy Notice.

o   You can set your preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page: https://adssettings.google.com/.

·       Social Media & Search Pixels.  We use Meta Pixel, LinkedIn pixel, and other social media and search pixels to better measure, optimize, and retarget our marketing campaigns. This allows user-specific behavior to be tracked after the user has been redirected to the advertiser’s website by clicking on a social media or search ad. This enables us to measure the effectiveness of social media and search ads for statistical and market research purposes. The data collected in this way is anonymous to us, in other words, we do not see the personal information of individual users. This data is stored and processed by the social media and search providers. The social media and search providers may link this information to your social media or search account and also use it for its own promotional purposes, in accordance with their data usage policies.  For more information, please visit the provider’s privacy policies, including:

o   https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. For more information on opt-out options, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217.

While we may use a variety of service providers to perform advertising services, some of these companies are members of NAI or the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. You may want to visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp, which provides information regarding targeted advertising and the “opt-out” procedures of NAI members. You may also want to visit or http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, which provides information regarding targeted advertising and offers an “opt-out” by participating companies in the DAA Self-Regulatory Program. Please note that opting out through these mechanisms does not opt you out of being served advertising, and you will continue to receive generic ads while online.

Do Not Track. Currently, the Site does not recognize all “Do-Not-Track” requests. You may, however, disable certain tracking by disabling cookies. If our site detects that your browser or device is transmitting an opt-out preference signal, such as the “global privacy control”—or GPC — signal, we will opt that browser or device out of the use of cookies or other tools on our site that result in a “sale” or “sharing” or use for targeted advertising of your personal information. If you come to our site from a different device or from a different browser on the same device, or if you clear your cookies, you will need to opt-out again, or use an opt-out preference signal, for that browser and/or device as well.

How We Use Your Information

We collect and use information for business and commercial purposes in accordance with the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Our business purposes for collecting and using information include:

·       Providing Information, Products, or Services. To fulfill your requests for information, products, or services.

·       Website and Support. To provide and operate the Site, communicate with you about your use of the Site, respond to your inquiries, and to otherwise run our day-to-day operations.

·       Analytics and Improvement. To better understand how users access and use the Site and Services, and for other research and analytical purposes, to develop the Site and its features, and for internal quality control and training purposes.

·       Communicate With You. To respond to your inquiries, send you requested materials and newsletters, as well as information and materials regarding the Services and offerings. We also use this information to send administrative information to you, for example, information regarding the Services and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.

·       Marketing and Promotions. For marketing and promotional purposes. For example, to send you information about the Services, such as newsletters and other marketing content that you sign up to receive.  If you do not wish to receive promotional e-mails from us, you may opt out at any time by following the unsubscribe directions in the email or contact us.  If you opt out of a promotional e-mail, we may still send you transactional and administrative emails about this privacy notice or about the products or services you have purchased.

·       Targeted Advertising. To deliver personalized content and advertisements, including through the use of cookies and similar technologies, and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.  Please see below for further information regarding how to exercise your right to opt-out of the sharing of your Personal Information and targeted advertising. 

·       To Create and Use Identifiers. We may generate hashed identifiers (e.g., from your email address) or first-party identifiers to recognize users across devices, measure ad effectiveness, and enable personalized advertising. These identifiers may be shared with Business Partners and Service Providers in connection with our advertising efforts, subject to applicable laws. 

·       Research, Development, and Surveys. To administer surveys and questionnaires, such as for market research or user satisfaction purposes and to develop new products and services, including market analysis and product testing.

·       User-Generated Content. To enable you to post and share content, such as reviews, comments, forum posts, and other submissions, and to publish this content within the Career Now Brands community.

·       Security and Protection of Rights. To protect the Services and our business operations, and to protect our rights or those of our stakeholders; to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized activities and access, and other misuse; where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or act regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety or legal rights of any person or third party, or violations of our terms and conditions.

·       Compliance and Legal Process. To comply with applicable legal or regulatory obligations, including as part of a judicial proceeding; to respond to a subpoena, warrant, court order, or other legal process; or as part of an investigation or request, whether formal or informal, from law enforcement or a governmental authority.

·       Auditing, Reporting, and Other Internal Operations. To conduct financial, tax, and accounting audits; audits and assessments of our operations, privacy, security and financial controls, risk, and compliance with legal obligations; our general business, accounting, record keeping and legal functions, and to maintain appropriate business records and enforce company policies and procedures.

·       General Business and Operational Support. To assess and implement mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, bankruptcies, and other business transactions such as financing, and to administer our business, accounting, auditing, compliance, recordkeeping, and legal functions.

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How We Disclose Your Information
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We share some information with service providers and partners who assist us in operating our Site and Services and, in some cases, legal authorities.

• With our service providers (“Service Providers”).
• We use third parties and vendors to help us operate and improve our Site and Services. These third parties assist us with various tasks for business purposes, including website support and analytics. We do not allow these parties to use your information for any purpose other than to perform those services.
• With our Business Partners, or Third Party Advertising Partners and Third Party Analytics Providers & Marketing Partners. We may also disclose your Usage Data to marketing and advertising networks, data analytics providers, and other companies who provide marketing or analytics services on our behalf.
• With your Authorized Representative.  If another individual is managing your account or access to the Services on your behalf, as authorized by you or as a personal representative under applicable law, that person can view all Personal Information about you in the Services.
• Per your instructions.
• We may share and disclose Personal Information to employers and educational institutions in accordance with your instructions, including any applicable terms in our Terms of Use and in compliance with applicable law and legal process.
• Other situations. We also may use and disclose information outside of our day-to-day business practices and in ways unrelated to our Site and Services.
• In the Event of Merger, Sale, Divestiture, or Change of Control. We may transfer or assign Personal Information to an entity that acquires all or substantially all of our assets or stock whether by merger, acquisition, reorganization, or otherwise.
• Other Disclosures. We may disclose Personal Information about you if we have a good faith belief that disclosure of such information is helpful or reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; (ii) enforce our Terms of Use or Terms of Sale, including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud or security issues; or (iv) protect against harm to our, your, or third parties’ rights, property, or safety

Notwithstanding anything else in this Privacy Notice, we may use, disclose, and otherwise process aggregate and deidentified information related to our business and the Site in accordance with applicable law.

Your Choices About Your Information



Marketing

If you have provided your email address to us, we may send you emails or notifications to provide you with information, to inform you of new events or content, to solicit your feedback, or to keep you up to date on us. You can opt out of our communications at any time by clicking Unsubscribe or otherwise following the opt out prompts on these communications. You also may ask us not to send you other communications by contacting us as specified in the "Contact Us" section below, and we will honor your request. Please note that even after you are removed from our contact lists, we may still send you transactional communications, such as responding to service requests.

Advertisements

Advertisements appearing on the Site may be delivered by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by us and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Third Party Links

The Site may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us—and which may link to other websites, services, or applications.  Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy or practices of other websites or third parties.  We do not make any guarantee regarding those third-party websites, services, or applications, and we are not liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of such sites. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy. You should review the policies of the third parties and contact them directly if you have any questions about their services or practices.



Confidentiality & Security

Career Now values your privacy and is committed to protecting your information.  We have commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in place commensurate with the size, scope, and nature of our business to ensure the integrity and security of your information.

Information Retention

We keep your personal data only as long as necessary to provide you with our services and for legitimate and essential business purposes, such as maintaining the performance of our Site and Services, making data-driven business decisions about new features and offerings, complying with our legal obligations, and resolving disputes.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are under 16, please do not provide use our Site. By providing information via the Site, you represent that you are at least 16 years old. If we learn we have inadvertently received or collected Personal Information from a child who is under the age of 16, we will attempt to immediately delete that information from our files and records.  If you believe a child who is under the age of 16 has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at the address listed below in “Contact Us.”

International Visitors

The Site is intended solely for residents of the United States and we do not do business outside the U.S. If you provide Personal Information to us, please note that it will be transferred, processed, collected, used, accessed and/or stored in the United States and subject to U.S. laws. The laws in the United States may not provide the same protections for your Personal Information as the jurisdiction in which you are located. Do not provide your Personal Information to us if you do not want this information to be transferred or processed outside of your country, or if the laws in your country restrict such transfers.

“Shine the Light” Law

Under California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents have the right to request in writing from businesses with whom they have an established business relationship: (a) a list of the categories of Personal Information, such as name, e-mail, mailing address, and type of services provided to the customer, that a business has disclosed to third parties (including affiliates that are separate legal entities) during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes; and (b) the names and addresses of all such third parties.

If you would like to exercise any of the rights provided under the “Shine the Light” law, please contact us by using the “Contact Us” section below with a reference to “Shine the Light.”

State-Specific Data Subject Privacy Rights

This section describes state specific consumer rights afforded to residents of those states who have enacted comprehensive privacy laws (“State Privacy Laws”).  Not all of the State Privacy Laws are effective as of the date of this Privacy Statement, and several do not apply to Career Now Brands.  If you are a resident of a state with comprehensive privacy laws to which we are subject, you may have the following rights:

Collection & Sharing of Personal Information

During the 12-month period prior to the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we have not sold any Personal Information for monetary consideration, but we have collected, shared, or disclosed the following categories of Personal Information with certain categories of third parties, as described below:

Your Data Subject Rights

• Right to Request Information. You have the right to request that we disclose the following information to you:
• The categories of Personal Information that we collected about you;
• The categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected;
• The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling Personal Information;
• The categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information;
• The specific pieces of Personal Information that we have collected about you;
• The categories of Personal Information that we disclosed about You for a business purpose or sold to third-parties; and
• For each category of Personal Information identified, the categories of third parties to whom the information was disclosed or sold.
• Right of Deletion. You have the right to request that we delete any Personal Information about you which we have collected from you, subject to exceptions within the law.
• Right to Opt-Out. We do not sell your Personal Information for monetary payments. However, like many companies, we do use services that help deliver interest-based online advertisements to you. We “share” or use for targeted advertising the following categories of personal information: name, email, address, and Usage Data. We disclose these categories to our Business Partners (as described above) for purposes of marketing and advertising. We do not sell or share or use for targeted advertising Personal Information about individuals we know are under age 16 You can opt out of such “sale” or “sharing” by clicking on the Do Not Sell or Share My Information link at the footer of the Site. You may also contact us by using the “Contact Us” section below with a reference to “Data Subject Request.”
• You have the right to opt-out of “sales” and “sharing” of your Personal Information or use for targeted advertising by using an opt-out preference signal. If the Site detects that your browser or device is transmitting an opt-out preference signal, such as the “global privacy control”—or GPC — signal, we will opt that browser or device out of the use of cookies or other tools on our site that result in a “sale” or “sharing” or use for targeted advertising of your Personal Information. If you come to the Site from a different device or from a different browser on the same device, or if you clear your cookies, you will need to opt-out again, or use an opt-out preference signal, for that browser and/or device as well.
• To learn more about the Global Privacy Control, please visit: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/#download
• Right to Opt-In. Unless proper consent is acquired, a business may not sell or share the personal information of consumers if the business has actual knowledge that the consumer is less than 16 years of age.  We do not collect, share, or sell the Personal Information of minors under the age of 16.
• Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: You may request specific limitations on sharing, use, or disclosure of your sensitive Personal Information, as defined by California privacy laws, which is collected or processed for “the purpose of inferring characteristics about a consumer.” However, we do not collect or process sensitive Personal Information for any reason other than to provide the Services.
• Right to Correction.  You have the right to request that we maintain accurate Personal Information about you and correct any Personal Information about you which we have collected from you, subject to exceptions within the law.

·       Opt-Out of Profiling with Legal or Significant Effects. You may have the right to opt out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

• Right to Non-Discrimination. We may not discriminate against you because you exercise any of your rights, including, but not limited to:
• Denying goods or Services to you;
• Charging different prices or rates for goods or Services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties;
• Providing a different level or quality of goods or Services to you; or
• Suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or Services or a different level or quality of goods or Services.

Exercising Your Data Subject Rights

You may exercise any of your data subject rights by contacting us using the “Contact Us” section below with a reference to “Data Subject Request.”

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 described in the "Contact Us” section to make a request on your behalf. Even if you choose to use an agent, we may, as permitted by law, require:

• The authorized agent to provide proof that you gave written permission to the authorized agent to submit the request;
• You to verify your identity directly with us; or
• You to directly confirm with us that you provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request.

Identity Verification and Appeal Process

If you request to access, correct, or delete your Personal Information under State Privacy Laws we are required by law to verify your identity before processing your request. When you make such a request, you can expect the following:

• We will verify your request. You will need to provide us with your email address and full name.  We may ask for additional information if needed.
• We will confirm that you want your information accessed, corrected, and/or deleted.
• We will confirm our receipt of your request within 10 days. If you have not received a response within a few days after that, please let us know by contacting us at the webpage or phone number listed below.
• We will respond to your request within 45 days upon receipt of your request. If necessary, we may need an additional period of time, up to another 45 days, but we will reply either way within the first 45-day period and, if we need an extension, we will explain why.
• In certain cases, a request for access, correction, or deletion may be denied. For example, if we cannot verify your request, the law requires that we maintain the information, or if we need the information for internal purposes such as providing Services or completing an order. If we deny your request, we will explain why we denied it and delete any other information that is not protected and subject to denial.
• If you are not satisfied with our response regarding your data subject request, you may have the right to appeal our decision. For more information, please contact us using the contact details provided under the “Contact Us” section. If you are not satisfied with the result of the appeal, you may have the right to contact your respective attorney general depending on where you reside.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the information practices of our Services, please contact us at privacy@careernowbrands.com, or call us at 877-634-4529, or send a letter to the following address:

Career Now Brands
Attention: Data Protection Officer
302 East Parent Avenue
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067