Cookie Consent Policy + Site Specific Ad Policy Overview
FOR FULL PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY KEEP READING, MORE BELOW
Browsing and using the resources on this site means you consent to receiving any ad type that is present on this site.
We use Adsense and other advertisers which may show personalized ads, however you have choices to avoid data collection or ad viewing as presented below:
Your options
You may stop using our site to avoid any data collection or ad viewing
You may clear your cookies at any time or browse using an incognito window to avoid data collection or seeing personalized ads
You may use adblock to avoid seeing any ads
If you have any questions at any time you may email [email protected]
1. INTRODUCTION
This privacy page gives you information about how how we collect and process your personal data when you use our site
CONTACT DETAILS
Stacy Caprio
Email address: [email protected]
2. WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU & WHY
Personal data means any information capable of identifying an individual. It does not include anonymized data.
Communication Data – anything you give us including email address name, etc. We use this to send out emails and communicate with you. We don’t sell this info or misuse it.
Customer Data – anything you buy from us or give us that includes your address or billing info. We use this for its purpose only.
User Data – data about how you use our site and data about how you use other websites and browse online. We use this to look at analytics, to make sure you get the best user experience possible, to provide the most relevant ads, to create new articles, to maintain and update our site and to provide you with the best communications.
Technical Data – that includes website and online services such as your IP address, your login data, details about your browser, length of visit to pages on our website, page views and navigation paths, details about the number of times you use our website, time zone settings and other technology on the devices you use to access our website. We get this from our analytics software and use it for communication and how to update site.
Marketing Data – includes your preferences about how you want to receive communication and lets us let you participate in our competitions, giveaways, drawings and to deliver relevant ads and communications.
We may use all this data for personalized ads and communications.
The ground we do this on is to help our site and business grow and to make it a more personalized experience for you.
SENSITIVE DATA
We don’t save sensitive data including race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, politics, unions, health, criminality.
We only use personal data for a reasonable purpose or for what it was collected for. For more info please email [email protected]
We may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent where this is required or permitted by law.
We don’t do automated profiling.
3. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We collect data from when you fill out forms on our site and from the way you use the web / using cookies and similar methods.
We may get data from third parties including analytics companies or software including Google and adsense, and ad networks including facebook and other providers such as payment and delivery services and data storers and aggregators.
4. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
We use marketing communications to give you value and grow our business which is the grounds for use.
Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, we are able to send you marketing communications if you did make a purchase or asked us for info or opted in to our list, however you may opt out at any time.
Opting out means you will still receive purchase notices, warranty notices etc.
5. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may share personal data with the following:
IT service providers, professional advisers, government bodies and third parties whom we sell or merge with.
9. DATA RETENTION
We may save your info for as long as needed for its purpose.
10. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
Read your full rights here: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/
If you feel the need to contact us we will do our best to respond within a month. If it will take longer we will notify you.
11. THIRD-PARTY LINKS
If you click on any of our third party links, they may collect data from you and then you need to read their privacy policies for more info.
12. COOKIES
We may use cookies, you may choose to turn off this feature in your browser or use an incognito window to prevent this.
14. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
We may change this site at any time and we reserve the right to.
With questions, contact [email protected]
FULL COOKIE & PRIVACY POLICY BELOW
1. Introduction
1.1 Our website uses cookies.
1.2 Browsing and using the resources on this site means you consent to receiving any ad type that is present on this site.
2. Credit
2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com).
3. About cookies
3.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
3.2 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
3.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
4. Cookies that we use
4.1 We use cookies to gain information on your browsing of our site, for analytics tools such as Google Analytics and more. We may also use cookies for ad tools such as Google Adsense and more, cookies may be used to help save your site prefereneces and login info, as well as use cookies for other reasons
5. Cookies used by our service providers
5.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
5.2 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
5.3[We publish Google AdSense and other advertiser interest-based advertisements on our website. These are tailored by Google to reflect your interests. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using cookies. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the AdSense partner network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular browser, you may wish to consider using the Google browser plug-ins available at: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996
6. Managing cookies
6.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
6.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
6.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
8. Our details
8.1 This website is owned and operated by a company
8.3 Our principal place of business is at [address].
8.4 You can contact us:
(b) using our website contact form;
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from (the “Site”).
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
– “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
– “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
– “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Other tracking methods may be used as well
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers [[INSERT ANY OTHER PAYMENT TYPES ACCEPTED]]), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
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When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you;
Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
We may use the information to show ads or retarget ads
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site–you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by contacting the ad providers or use the opt-out links below, or enable an ad blocker on your browser:
INCLUDE OPT-OUT LINKS FROM WHICHEVER SERVICES BEING USED.
COMMON LINKS INCLUDE:
FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
GOOGLE – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
BING – https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
DO NOT TRACK
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
DATA RETENTION
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
CHANGES
We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
CONTACT US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected]