Privacy Policy
To better serve individuals concerned with how their personally identifiable information (PII) is being used on the internet, we have compiled this privacy policy. Information that may be used separately or in concert with other information to identify, contact, or locate someone, or to identify someone within context, is considered Personal Identifiable Information under US privacy law and information security. For a complete understanding of how your Personally Identifiable Information will be collected, used, protected, or otherwise handled on our website, read our Privacy Statement carefully.
Do we collect any personal information from visitors to our blog, website, or mobile application?
You may be asked to enter information such as your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, or other details when you place an order, fill out a form, or register on our site.
During what time period do we collect information?
Registering on our site, signing up for a newsletter, responding to a survey, or filling out a form will allow us to collect information about you.
How does this information get used?
By registering, making a purchase, signing up for our newsletter, responding to a survey or marketing communication, surfing the website, or using certain other site features, we collect information about you and may use that information as follows:
- To customize the user’s experience and deliver content and product offers based on their interests.
- To provide a better website experience tailored to you.
- To provide better customer service to you.
- Managing contests, promotions, surveys, or other site features.
- To communicate about orders or other services to you via email.
What steps do we take to protect visitor information?
In order to keep our website as safe as possible, it is regularly scanned for gaps in security and vulnerabilities. SSL certificates are used on this site. We will not ask you for private or personal information, articles and information are only what’s provided on this site.
Are ‘cookies’ used on this site?
Certainly. By transferring cookies to your hard drive through your Web browser (if you consent), web sites and web service providers can identify your browser and access certain information from your browser. Our cookie technology, for example, helps us process items from your shopping cart. In addition to serving as a way of understanding your preferences, cookies enable us to provide better services based on previous or current activity on the site. Moreover, cookies will help us compile aggregate information about traffic and interaction with the site in the future, thus allowing us to improve the site and its tools.
Cookies are used to:
- Identify and save user preferences so they can be accessed again in the future.
- Monitor ads.
- Provide future users with better site experiences and tools by collecting aggregate data about traffic and interactions. Our third-party service providers may also monitor this information on our behalf.
In addition to being able to choose to receive a cookie notification, you can turn off all cookie-based notifications. The browser setting (like Internet Explorer) allows you to do this. For more information about your browser’s cookie settings, look at its Help menu.
A few features will not function if you turn cookies off. Our services will not function properly, but it won’t affect your users’ experience that makes our site more efficient. You will also still be able to submit an order through our site.
Third Party Disclosure
No personally identifiable information about you is sold, traded, or otherwise transferred without your permission. This is not inclusive of website hosting partners and other parties helping us out with the functioning of our website, conducting our business, or rendering services to you, provided they agree to protect this information.
If we believe it is necessary to comply with the law, enforce the terms of our site policy, or protect the rights, property, or safety of ours or others, we may release your information. In addition, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties in connection with marketing or advertising.
Third party links
From time to time, we may offer products or services from third parties on our website at our discretion. The privacy policies of these third-parties are independent. For this reason, we are not accountable or responsible for the content or actions of any Linked Site. Nevertheless, we want to protect the integrity of our site and are keen to receive feedback on external websites.
Google’s Advertising Principles best describe its advertising requirements. User experience is enhanced by these policies. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
Our website uses Google AdSense advertising.
Third-party vendors such as Google use cookies on this site to serve advertising. Google uses the DART cookie to serve advertisements to our users based on their visits to our site and other sites they visit. The Google ad and content network privacy policy explains how users can opt out of the use of the DART cookie.
Following are the measures we have taken:
- Google AdSense remarketing
- Google Display Network Impression Reporting
- Demographics and Interests Reporting
Third-party vendors, such as Google, as well as ourselves collect data regarding user interactions with ads and other ad service functions by using first-party cookies (such as those from Google Analytics) and third-party cookies (such as those from DoubleClick).
Opting out:
The Google Ad Settings page allows users to set preferences for how Google advertises to them. Alternative options include visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out site or using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add-on permanently.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
Under CalOPPA, commercial websites and online services are required to display privacy policies for the first time in the nation. This law requires anyone operating websites in the United States (or possibly anywhere in the world) that obtains personally identifiable information from residents of California to post a conspicuous privacy statement on its website identifying exactly what information is being collected, who will receive it, and comply with the provisions of this statement. – More information here: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
In accordance with CalOPPA, we adhere to the following:
Our website can be accessed anonymously by users
We will include a link on our home page to this policy, or at least on the first important web page once you enter our website.
On the page specified above, you will find a link to our Privacy Policy, which includes the word ‘Privacy’.
Any future privacy policy changes will be communicated to users:
- Through our Privacy Policy Page.
Changes can be made to an individual’s personal information:
- By contacting us by email.
What is our site’s policy regarding do not track signals?
When a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is enabled, we do not track, plant cookies, or enforce advertising.
Is our site able to track third-party behavior?
Furthermore, third-party behavioral tracking is allowed on our site.
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control when it comes to collecting personal information from children under 13. The COPPA Rule outlines what online service providers must do to safeguard children’s privacy and safety online. It is enforced by the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency.
Children under 13 are not specifically targeted by our marketing.
Fair Information Practices
Privacy law in the United States is based on the Fair Information Practices Principles, and the concepts in those Principles have been a major influence in the development of privacy laws around the world. For the protection of personal information, it is vital to understand the Fair Information Practice Principles, as well as how they should be implemented.
Our response to a data breach will be the following, in compliance with Fair Information Practices:
Users will be notified via in-site notifications
- Usually within seven days
Our group adheres to the individual redress principle, which asserts that individuals should have the right to seek redress for breach of legal obligations by data collectors or processors. To comply with this principle, individuals must not only have rights against data users, but they must also have access to courts or government agencies to investigate or prosecute non-adherence by data processors.
CAN SPAM Act
As part of the CAN-SPAM Act, businesses are required to follow certain rules regarding commercial email. Additionally, recipients have the right not to receive such emails and harsh penalties apply if senders violate the law.
Email addresses are collected for the following reasons:
- Provide information, answer inquiries, and/or answer other questions.
- Provide our clients with email updates after the original transaction has occurred or market to our mailing list.
In compliance with CAN-SPAM, we agree to:
- NOT put misleading or false subject lines in your email.
- Have a reasonable way of identifying the message as an advertisement.
- Include the physical location of the company or the site’s headquarters.
- In case a third party email marketing service is used, monitor compliance.
- Quickly honor requests to opt-out or unsubscribe.
- Include a link at the bottom of all emails that customers can use to unsubscribe.
Please feel free to unsubscribe at any time if you wish to discontinue receiving future emails.
- Provided in each email are instructions to take action.