Effective Date: 06/23/26
This California Privacy Rights Notice applies to California residents whose personal information may be collected by Sunbelt Transport, LLC (“Sunbelt,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), including job applicants, driver applicants, current and former employees, contractors, owner-operators, business contacts, and website visitors.
This notice explains the types of personal information we may collect, how we may use that information, how it may be shared, and the rights California residents may have under applicable California privacy law.
Personal Information We May Collect
Depending on your relationship with Sunbelt Transport, LLC, we may collect the following categories of personal information:
Identifiers
This may include your name, mailing address, email address, phone number, date of birth, driver’s license number, CDL information, application ID, employee ID, or other similar identifiers.
Employment and Application Information
This may include your employment history, driving experience, CDL status, endorsements, prior employers, references, safety history, accident history, application details, interview notes, orientation or training information, and other information used to evaluate your qualifications.
Driver Qualification and Compliance Information
This may include information needed to evaluate, verify, or maintain driver qualification, safety, insurance, regulatory, and compliance records. This may include motor vehicle record information, background check information, drug and alcohol testing process information, medical qualification information, and other information required for transportation, safety, or employment compliance.
Contact and Communication Information
This may include records of phone calls, voicemails, text messages, emails, form submissions, recruiter communications, and other communications with Sunbelt Transport, LLC.
Internet or Network Activity
This may include information about how you interact with our website, online forms, ads, emails, and digital content. This may include IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, referral source, cookies, pixels, analytics data, and similar website activity information.
Geolocation Information
This may include approximate location information from your IP address or location information you choose to provide through an application, inquiry form, or communication with us.
Sensitive Personal Information
Depending on your relationship with Sunbelt Transport, LLC, we may collect sensitive personal information when reasonably necessary for recruiting, employment, driver qualification, compliance, payroll, safety, insurance, legal, or business purposes. This may include government identifiers, driver’s license or CDL information, medical qualification information, background check information, drug and alcohol testing process information, financial or payroll-related information, or other sensitive information required by law or business necessity.
Professional or Employment-Related Information
This may include job title, work history, qualifications, certifications, training records, employment references, prior driving experience, and other professional or employment-related details.
Inferences
We may use information we collect to evaluate applicant qualifications, job fit, recruiting effectiveness, safety requirements, or business needs.
Sources of Personal Information
We may collect personal information from the following sources:
- Directly from you when you complete a form, submit an application, contact a recruiter, apply for a position, or communicate with us
- From job boards, recruiting platforms, lead providers, or applicant tracking systems
- From prior employers, references, background check providers, motor vehicle record providers, drug and alcohol testing providers, medical qualification providers, or other compliance vendors
- From government agencies, regulatory databases, or other legally permitted sources
- From website analytics tools, cookies, pixels, advertising platforms, and similar technologies
- From service providers that help us operate our business, website, recruiting, employment, safety, payroll, compliance, or communications systems
How We Use Personal Information
Sunbelt Transport, LLC may use personal information for the following purposes:
- To respond to inquiries and communicate with you
- To recruit, evaluate, and process applicants
- To review driver qualifications and employment eligibility
- To schedule interviews, orientation, training, or onboarding
- To verify employment history, driving experience, safety history, and qualifications
- To conduct background checks, motor vehicle record reviews, drug and alcohol testing processes, medical qualification reviews, and other required compliance steps
- To manage employment, contractor, owner-operator, or business relationships
- To comply with DOT, FMCSA, employment, tax, payroll, safety, insurance, and other legal or regulatory obligations
- To protect the safety, security, and integrity of our operations
- To prevent fraud, enforce company policies, and protect legal rights
- To operate, maintain, secure, and improve our website and digital systems
- To measure recruiting, advertising, website, and marketing performance
- To comply with legal requests, claims, audits, investigations, or other lawful obligations
How We Share Personal Information
We may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients:
- Background check providers
- Motor vehicle record and driver qualification vendors
- Drug and alcohol testing providers
- Medical qualification providers
- Payroll, HR, benefits, tax, and accounting providers
- Insurance providers and claims administrators
- Recruiting platforms, applicant tracking systems, job boards, and lead providers
- Website hosting, analytics, advertising, and marketing providers
- Communications providers, including email, phone, and text messaging services
- Legal, accounting, safety, compliance, and business advisors
- Government agencies, regulators, law enforcement, or courts when required or permitted by law
- Service providers that help us operate our business, website, recruiting, employment, safety, compliance, or communications systems
Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
Sunbelt Transport, LLC does not sell personal information.
We may use service providers and business partners to help us operate our website, process applications, communicate with applicants and employees, support recruiting efforts, maintain compliance, and improve our services. These providers are permitted to use personal information only as necessary to provide services to Sunbelt Transport, LLC or as otherwise permitted by law.
We may also use website analytics, cookies, pixels, advertising tools, or similar technologies to understand website activity and measure recruiting or advertising performance. To the extent any of these activities are considered “sharing” under California law, California residents may have the right to opt out.
California residents may submit a privacy request using the contact methods listed below.
Sensitive Personal Information
We may use sensitive personal information only as reasonably necessary for recruiting, employment, driver qualification, safety, compliance, payroll, insurance, legal, security, or business purposes.
California residents may have the right to limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information, subject to applicable exceptions.
Retention of Personal Information
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this notice, including recruiting, employment, driver qualification, safety, compliance, payroll, tax, insurance, legal, accounting, and business purposes.
Because Sunbelt Transport, LLC operates in the transportation industry, certain records may be subject to legal, regulatory, safety, insurance, or business retention requirements. We may not be able to delete certain information if we are required or permitted to keep it under applicable law.
Your California Privacy Rights
California residents may have the following rights, subject to verification and applicable legal exceptions:
Right to Know
You may request that we disclose the categories or specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of that information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose it.
Right to Access
You may request access to personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Delete
You may request that we delete personal information we collected from you, subject to legal, regulatory, safety, compliance, employment, insurance, and other permitted exceptions.
Right to Correct
You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing
You may request that we not sell or share your personal information, as those terms are defined under California law.
Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information
You may request that we limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information, subject to applicable exceptions.
Right to Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising your California privacy rights.
How to Submit a California Privacy Request
To submit a California privacy request, please contact us using one of the methods below:
Online Form: Form Link
Email: sbprivacy@sunbelttransportllc.com
Phone: (800) 311-1022
Mail: 1110 Willow Ave, South Pittsburg, TN 37380
When submitting a request, please include enough information for us to understand, evaluate, and respond to your request. We may need to verify your identity before completing your request.
Verification
To protect personal information, we may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests. Verification may require information such as your name, email address, phone number, relationship to Sunbelt Transport, LLC, application details, or other information reasonably necessary to confirm your identity.
Information provided for verification will be used only to verify and respond to your request, unless otherwise permitted by law.
Authorized Agents
California residents may authorize another person to submit a privacy request on their behalf. If an authorized agent submits a request, we may require proof that the agent has been authorized to act on your behalf. We may also require you to verify your identity directly with us.
Response Timing
We will respond to verifiable California privacy requests within the timeframe required by applicable law. If we need additional time, we will notify you as required.
Children’s Privacy
Sunbelt Transport, LLC does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 years of age through this website.
Updates to This Notice
We may update this California Privacy Rights Notice from time to time. When we make updates, we will revise the effective date at the top of this page.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this California Privacy Rights Notice or wish to submit a privacy request, please contact us:
Sunbelt Transport, LLC
Email: sbprivacy@sunbelttransportllc.com
Phone: (800) 311-1022
Mail: 1110 Willow Ave, South Pittsburg, TN 37380