This privacy policy has been
compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how
their 'Personally Identifiable Information' (PII) is being
used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and
information security, is information that can be used on
its own or with other information to identify, contact, or
locate a single person, or to identify an individual in
context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a
clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or
otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information
in accordance with our website.
What personal
information do we collect from the people that visit our
blog, website or app?
When ordering or registering on
our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your
name, email address, mailing address or other details to
help you with your experience.
When do we collect
information?
We collect information from you
when you register on our site, subscribe to a newsletter,
respond to a survey, fill out a form or enter information
on our site.
How do we use your
information?
We may use the information we
collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign
up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing
communication, surf the website, or use certain other site
features in the following ways:
To
personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the
type of content and product offerings in which you are
most interested.
To
administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site
feature.
To send
periodic emails regarding your order or other products and
services.
To
follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email
or phone inquiries)
How do we protect your
information?
Our website is scanned on a
regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities
in order to make your visit to our site as safe as
possible.
We use regular Malware Scanning.
Your personal information is
contained behind secured networks and is only accessible
by a limited number of persons who have special access
rights to such systems, and are required to keep the
information confidential. In addition, all
sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
We implement a variety of
security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses
their information to maintain the safety of your personal
information.
All transactions are processed
through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed
on our servers.
Yes. Cookies are small files
that a site or its service provider transfers to your
computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you
allow) that enables the site's or service provider's
systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember
certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help
us remember and process the items in your shopping cart.
They are also used to help us understand your preferences
based on previous or current site activity, which enables
us to provide you with improved services. We also use
cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site
traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better
site experiences and tools in the future.
Understand and save user's preferences for future visits.
Keep
track of advertisements.
Compile
aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in
order to offer better site experiences and tools in the
future. We may also use trusted third-party services that
track this information on our behalf.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a
cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all
cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since
browser is a little different, look at your browser's Help
Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If users disable cookies
in their browser:
If you turn cookies off, Some of
the features that make your site experience more efficient
may not function properly.Some of the features that make
your site experience more efficient and may not function
properly.
We do not sell, trade, or
otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally
Identifiable Information unless we provide users with
advance notice. This does not include website hosting
partners and other parties who assist us in operating our
website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so
long as those parties agree to keep this information
confidential. We may also release information when it's
release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our
site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property
or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information
may be provided to other parties for marketing,
advertising, or other uses.
Occasionally, at our discretion,
we may include or offer third-party products or services
on our website. These third-party sites have separate and
independent privacy policies. We therefore have no
responsibility or liability for the content and activities
of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the
integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these
sites.
Google's advertising
requirements can be summed up by Google's Advertising
Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive
experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We use Google AdSense
Advertising on our website.
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads
on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to
serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our
site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of
the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and
Content Network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following:
Google
Display Network Impression Reporting
Demographics and Interests Reporting
We, along with third-party
vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as
the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies
(such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party
identifiers together to compile data regarding user
interactions with ad impressions and other ad service
functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you
using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can
opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt
Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser
add on.
California Online
Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law
in the nation to require commercial websites and online
services to post a privacy policy. The law's reach
stretches well beyond California to require any person or
company in the United States (and conceivably the world)
that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable
Information from California consumers to post a
conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly
the information being collected and those individuals or
companies with whom it is being shared. - See more at:
http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site
anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is
created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a
minimum, on the first significant page after entering our
website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes
the word 'Privacy' and can easily be found on the page
specified above.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:
On our
Privacy Policy Page
Can change your personal
information:
By
logging in to your account
How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?
We honor Do Not Track signals
and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a
Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third-party behavioral
tracking?
It's also important to note that
we allow third-party behavioral tracking
COPPA (Children Online
Privacy Protection Act)
When it comes to the collection
of personal information from children under the age of 13
years old, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission,
United States' consumer protection agency, enforces the
COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites
and online services must do to protect children's privacy
and safety online.
We do not specifically market to
children under the age of 13 years old.
Fair Information
Practices
The Fair Information Practices
Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United
States and the concepts they include have played a
significant role in the development of data protection
laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information
Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is
critical to comply with the various privacy laws that
protect personal information.
In order to be in line
with Fair Information Practices we will take the following
responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which
requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue
enforceable rights against data collectors and processors
who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not
only that individuals have enforceable rights against data
users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts
or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute
non-compliance by data processors.
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that
sets the rules for commercial email, establishes
requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the
right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and
spells out tough penalties for violations.
We collect your email
address in order to:
Send
information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests
or questions
Market
to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our
clients after the original transaction has occurred.
To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the
following:
Not use
false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
Identify the message as an advertisement in some
reasonable way.
Include
the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
Monitor
third-party email marketing services for compliance, if
one is used.
Honor
opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
Allow
users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of
each email.
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from
receiving future emails, you can email us at
Follow
the instructions at the bottom of each email.
and we will promptly remove you
from ALL correspondence.