LEGAL STUFF—PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: January 1, 2020
Site Covered: www.annerossstudios.com
1) DEFINITIONS
a) Applicable Website: This privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as "Privacy Policy") refers to and is applicable to the website listed above (hereinafter referred to as “Website”); the listed Website may also refer to a corresponding mobile application, should one currently be in use or hereafter be developed.
b) Effective Date: "Effective Date" means the date this Privacy Policy comes into force and takes effect. The Effective Date of this Privacy Policy is January 1, 2020.
c) Parties: The parties to this Privacy Policy are Anne Ross Studios (admin [AT symbol] annerossstudios.com), as the data controller (“Data Controller”), and you, as the user of this Website (“You”). Hereinafter, the parties will also be referred to individually as "Party" and collectively as “Parties”.
d) Data Controller: Data Controller is the publisher, owner, and operator of the Website and is the Party responsible for the collection of information described herein. Data Controller shall be referred to by Data Controller's name or by the term "Data Controller" as noted above. If Data Controller or Data Controller's property is referred to through the use of first-person pronouns, these shall include “Us”, “We”, “Our”, “Ours”, etc.
e) You: Should You agree to this Privacy Policy and continue Your use of the Website, You will be referred to hereinafter as either “You” or “User”; and if it is necessary to use second-person pronouns relative to You, these shall include “You”, “Your”, “Yours”, etc.
f) Goods: "Goods" means any goods or products We make available for purchase on the Website.
g) Services: “Services” means any services We make available for purchase on the Website.
h) Personal Data: "Personal Data" means personal data and information that We obtain from You in connection with Your use of the Website which is capable of identifying You in any manner.
i) Nonpersonal Data: “Nonpersonal Data” means nonpersonal data and information that We obtain from You in connection with Your use of the Website, including aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred nonpersonal data and information.
2) GENERAL INFORMATION
This Privacy Policy describes how We collect and use the Personal Data that We receive about You when You visit the Website and interact with it in any way, including passively, or when You purchase Goods or Services from Us, as well as Your rights in relation to those Personal Data.
This Privacy Policy does not cover any information that We may receive about You through sources other than the use of the Website. The Website may link to other websites or mobile applications, but this Privacy Policy does not and will not apply to any of those linked websites or applications.
We are committed to the protection of Your privacy while You use the Website.
By continuing to use the Website, You acknowledge that You have had the chance to review and consider this Privacy Policy, and You acknowledge that You agree to it. This means that You also consent to the use of Your information and to the method of disclosure as described in this Privacy Policy. If You do not understand this Privacy Policy or do not agree to it, then You agree to immediately cease Your use of the Website.
You may also withdraw your consent for Us to contact You, for the continued collection, use, or disclosure of Your information, at any time, via email at:
admin [AT symbol] annerossstudios.com
3) CONTACT
The Party responsible for the processing of Your personal data is Data Controller. Data Controller and the operator of the Website are one and the same and may be contacted by email at:
admin [AT symbol] annerossstudios.com
4) MODIFICATIONS AND REVISIONS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify, revise, or otherwise amend this Privacy Policy at any time and in any manner, so please review this Privacy Policy frequently; it is Your responsibility to check this page periodically for any such modifications, revisions, or amendments.
If We make material changes to this Privacy Policy, We will notify You here that the Privacy Policy has been updated, so that You are aware of what information We collect, how We use it, and under what circumstances, if any, We use and/or disclose it.
Any modifications, revisions, or amendments will take effect immediately upon their posting on the Website.
Unless We specifically obtain Your consent, any changes to the Privacy Policy will impact only the information collected after such an update is posted.
5) COLLECTION OF PERSONAL AND NONPERSONAL DATA
a) Type of Personal and Nonpersonal Data Collected: We receive, collect, and store any information You enter on the Website or provide to Us in any other way.
In addition, We may collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect Your computer to the Internet; your email address; a login and password; computer and connection information; and Your purchase history.
We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page-response times, length of visits to certain pages, page-interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page.
We may also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email address, password, and the content of communications); payment details (including credit-card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile.
b) How Personal Data and Nonpersonal Data Are Collected: When You conduct a transaction on the Website, We collect personal information You give Us, such as Your name, address, and email address, as part of the process. Your personal information will be used for only the specific reasons stated above.
c) Purposes for Collecting Personal and Nonpersonal Data: We collect Personal Data and Nonpersonal Data for the following purposes:
• To provide and operate the Services
• To provide Our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support
• To be able to contact Our visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages
• To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred nonpersonal information, which We or Our business partners may use to provide and improve Our respective services
• To comply with applicable laws and regulations
6) THE PERSONAL DATA WE RECEIVE FROM YOU
Depending on how You use the Website, You will be subject to different types of Personal Data collected and different manners of collection:
a) Registered Users: You, as a user of the Website, may be asked to register in order to use the Website or to purchase the Goods and Services available for sale.
During Your registration process, We may collect Personal Data from You through Your voluntary disclosure, including your name and email address. Personal Data may also be asked for in relation to, for example, Your doing any of the following:
i) Interacting with Our representatives in any way
ii) Making purchases
iii) Receiving notifications by text message or email about marketing
iv) Receiving general emails from Us
v) Commenting on Our content or on other, user-generated content on the Website (including content such as blog posts, articles, photographs, or videos)
vi) Participating in Our forums, bulletin boards, chat rooms, or other similar features
By engaging in the registration process, You consent to Our collecting Your Personal Data, including the Personal Data described in this “Registered Users” section, as well as to Our storing, using, or disclosing Your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
b) Unregistered Users: If You are a passive user ("Unregistered User") of the Website and do not register for any purchases or other service, You may still be subject to certain passive data collection ("Passive Data Collection").
Such Passive Data Collection may include data collected through cookies, as described below, IP-address information, location information, and certain browser data, such as history and/or session information.
c) All Users: The Passive Data Collection that applies to Unregistered Users shall also apply to all other Users of and/or visitors to the Website.
d) Sales and Billing Information: See 11, and also specifically 11(c), below.
e) Related Entities: We may share Your Personal Data, including Personal Data that identifies You personally, with any of Our parent companies, subsidiary companies, affiliates, or other trusted related entities.
However, We will share Your Personal Data with a trusted related entity only if that entity agrees to Our privacy standards as set out in this Privacy Policy and agrees to treat Your Personal Data in the same manner that We do.
f) Email Marketing: You may be asked to provide certain Personal Data, such as Your name and email address, for the purpose of receiving email marketing communications. This information will be obtained only through Your voluntary disclosure, and You will be asked to affirmatively opt in to receive email marketing communications.
g) User Experience: From time to time, to assist Us in improving the Website and the Goods and Services We sell, We may request from You information about preferences You have or demographic information.
h) Content Interaction: The Website may allow You to comment on the content We or other Users provide, such as blogs, multimedia, or forum posts. If so, We may collect some Personal Data from You at that time, such as, but not limited to, username and email address.
i) Combined or Aggregated Information: We may combine or aggregate some of Your Personal Data in order to better serve You and to better enhance and update the Website for Your and other consumers' use. We may also share such aggregated information with others, but only if that aggregated information does not contain any Personal Data.
7) THE PERSONAL DATA WE RECEIVE AUTOMATICALLY
a) Cookies: "Cookies" are small strings of text used to store certain information that may concern the User, the User’s preferences, or the device the User is using to access the Internet (such as a computer, tablet, or mobile phone).
A cookie consists of a reduced set of data (a small data file) transferred to Your browser from a web server (that is, downloaded and stored on Your device). It can be read only by the server that made the transfer. And it is not executable code and does not transmit viruses.
Cookies do not record or store any Personal Data. We use cookies to make Your browsing experience easier and more intuitive, mainly to adapt the operation of the Website to Your expectations, to offer You a more personalized browsing experience, and to “memorize” the choices You made previously.
By default, We use several persistent cookies for such purposes as session and user authentication; security; retaining user preferences (e.g., regarding default language and settings); connection stability (e.g., for uploading media, using ecommerce features, etc.); monitoring performance of the Services and marketing campaigns; and generally providing and improving the Services.
We may also collect information from You through automatic tracking systems (such as information about Your browsing preferences) as well as through information that You volunteer to Us (such as information that You provide during a registration process or at other times while using the Website, as described above).
You can of course prevent the use of cookies, but then You may not be able to use the Website as We intend, and deleting Our cookies or disabling future cookies or tracking technologies may prevent You from accessing certain areas or features of the Services or may otherwise adversely affect Your user experience.
To delete or block any cookies, please refer to the help-and-support area of your Internet browser for instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.
To proceed without changing the options related to cookies, simply continue to use the Website.
b) Strictly Necessary Cookies: “Strictly necessary cookies” are those cookies necessary for the Website to function and cannot be switched off in Our systems. They are usually set only in response to actions made by You which amount to a request for services, such as setting Your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert You about this type of cookies, but some parts of the Website will then not work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
c) Technical Cookies: “Technical cookies,” also sometimes called “HTML cookies,” are used for navigation and to facilitate Your access to and use of the site. They are necessary for the transmission of communications on the network or to supply services requested by You. The use of technical cookies allows the safe and efficient use of the site.
You can manage or request the general deactivation or cancellation of cookies through Your browser. If You do this, though, please be advised that this action might slow down or prevent access to some parts of the site.
Cookies may also be retransmitted by an analytics or statistics provider to collect aggregated information on the number of site users and how they visit the Website. These are also considered technical cookies when they operate as described.
“Temporary session cookies” are deleted automatically at the end of the browsing session—these are mostly used to identify You and ensure that You don't have to log in each time—whereas permanent cookies remain active longer than just one particular session.
d) Third-Party Cookies: We may also utilize “third-party cookies,” cookies sent by a third-party to Your computer. Permanent cookies are often third-party cookies. The majority of third-party cookies consist of “tracking cookies” used to identify online behavior, understand interests, and then customize advertising for Users.
Third-party “analytics cookies” or “analytical cookies” are cookies sent from the domains of the aforementioned third parties external to the Website. Third-party analytics cookies are used to detect information on User behavior on the Website and are placed anonymously in order to monitor the performance of the Website and improve the Website’s usability.
Analytics cookies allow Us to count visits and traffic sources so that We can measure and improve the performance of the Website. They help Us to know which pages are the most and least popular and to see how visitors move around the Website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If You do not allow these cookies, We will not know when You have visited the Website and will not be able to monitor the Website’s performance.
e) Profiling Cookies: Third-party “profiling cookies” or “targeting cookies” are used to create profiles relating to Users in order to propose advertising in line with the choices expressed by the Users themselves. These cookies may be set through the Website by Our advertising partners so that those companies can build a profile of Your interests and show You relevant advertisements on other sites.
These cookies do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying Your browser and Internet device. If You do not allow these cookies, You will experience less-targeted advertising.
f) Support in Configuring Your Browser: You can manage cookies through Your device's browser settings. However, deleting cookies from Your browser may remove the preferences You have set for this Website.
For further information and support, You can also visit the specific help page for the web browser You are using:
• Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
• Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-us/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
• Safari: http://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/
• Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/
g) Log Data: Like all websites and mobile applications, this Website also makes use of log files, which store automatic information collected during User visits. Different types of log data include:
• Internet protocol (IP) address
• Type of browser and device parameters used to connect to the Website
• Name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Date and time of visit
• Web page of origin of the User (referral) and exit
• Possibly the number of clicks
The aforementioned information is processed in an automated form and collected in an exclusively aggregated manner in order to verify the correct functioning of the site, and for security reasons. This information will be processed according to Data Controller’s legitimate interests.
For security purposes (spam filters, firewalls, virus detection), the automatically recorded data may possibly also include Personal Data such as an IP address, which could be used, in accordance with applicable laws, in order to block attempts at damage to the Website or damage to other users, or in the event of harmful activities or crime. Such data are never used for the identification or profiling of the user, but only for the protection of the Website and Our users. Such information will be treated according to Data Controller’s legitimate interests.
8) THIRD PARTIES
We may utilize third-party service providers ("Third-Party Service Providers"), whether from time to time or all the time, to help Us with the Website and to help serve You.
We may use Third-Party Service Providers to assist with information storage (such as cloud storage). We may provide some of Your Personal Data to Third-Party Service Providers in order to help Us track usage data, such as referral websites, dates and times of page requests, etc. We use this information to understand patterns of usage of, and to improve, the Website.
We may use Third-Party Service Providers to host the Website. In this instance, the Third-Party Service Provider will have access to Your Personal Data.
We may use Third-Party Service Providers to fulfill orders in relation to the Website.
We may allow third parties to advertise on the Website. These third parties may use cookies in connection with their advertisements (see this Privacy Policy’s "Cookies" clauses above).
Some of Our Third-Party Service Providers may be located outside the United States and may not be subject to U.S. privacy laws. The countries or regions in which Our Third-Party Service Providers may be located are known to include: ___________.
We share Your Personal Data with a Third-Party Service Provider only if that provider agrees to Our privacy standards as set out in this Privacy Policy.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Privacy Policy, We may provide Your Personal Data to a third party or to third parties in order to protect the rights, property, or safety, of Us, Our customers, or third parties, or as otherwise required by law.
We will not knowingly share Your Personal Data with any third parties other than in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If Your Personal Data might be provided to a third party in a manner other than as explained in this Privacy Policy, You will be notified. You will also have the opportunity to request that We not share that information.
9) SOCIAL-NETWORK PLUGINS
This Website incorporates plugins and/or buttons for social networks in order to allow easy sharing of content on Your favorite social networks. These plugins are programmed so as not to set any cookies when accessing the page, to safeguard the privacy of users. Cookies may be set, however, if You make voluntary use of the plugin. Please note that if You browse while being logged into the social network, then You have already consented to the use of cookies conveyed through this Website at the time that You registered with the particular social network.
The collection and use of information obtained by means of the plugin are governed by the respective privacy policies of the social networks, which can be found below:
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies
• Twitter: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies
• Google+: http: //www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies
• Pinterest: https://about.pinterest.com/it/privacy-policy
• AddThis: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
10) HOW PERSONAL DATA ARE STORED
We use secure physical and digital systems to store Your Personal Data when it is appropriate to do so. We ensure that Your Personal Data are protected against unauthorized access, disclosure, or destruction.
Please note, however, that no system involving the transmission of information via the Internet, or the electronic storage of data, is completely secure. However, We take the protection and storage of Your Personal Data very seriously. We take all reasonable steps to protect Your Personal Data.
Personal Data are stored throughout Your relationship with Us. We delete Your Personal Data upon Your request for cancellation of Your account or other general request for the deletion of data.
In the event of a breach of Your Personal Data, You will be notified in a reasonable time frame, but in no event later than two weeks, and We will follow all applicable laws regarding such breach.
11) WIX HOSTING
a) Wix Platform: We are hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides Us with the online platform that allows Us to sell Our Goods and Services to You. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage and databases and the general Wix.com applications. Wix.com stores Your data on secure servers behind a firewall.
b) Wix’s Policy Statements: For your reference and information, please read Wix’s Terms of Service and its Privacy Statement, available at:
http://www.wix.com/about/terms-of-use
http://www.wix.com/about/privacy
c) Purchasing via Wix’s Direct-Payment Gateways: If You choose a direct-payment gateway to complete Your purchase, then Wix stores Your credit-card data, which data are encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data are stored only as long as is necessary to complete Your purchase transaction. After that transaction is complete, Your purchase-transaction information is deleted.
All direct-payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit-card information by Us and Our service providers.
d) Wix’s Third-Party Service Providers: Wix has partnered with a number of selected service providers, whose services and solutions complement, facilitate, and enhance Our own.
These services and solutions include hosting and server colocation services; communications and content-delivery networks (CDNs); data and cybersecurity services; billing-and-payment-processing services; domain-name registrars; fraud-detection and -prevention services; web analytics; email-distribution and -monitoring services; session-recording and remote-access services; performance-measurement and data-optimization services; content providers; and Our legal and financial advisors [such services and solutions collectively being referred to as “Third-Party Service(s)”].
Such Third-Party Services may receive or otherwise have access to Our visitors’ and Users’ Personal Data, and/or to users-of-users’ Personal Data, in whole or in part—depending on each of those Third-Party Services’ particular roles and purposes in facilitating and enhancing Our Services—and they may use the subject data for the intended purposes only.
Note that while Our Services may contain links to other websites or services, we are not responsible for such websites’ or services’ privacy practices, and We encourage You to be aware of when You leave Our Services and to read the privacy statements of each and every website and service you visit. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such linked third-party websites and services.
Wix is accountable for Personal Data that Wix receives under the Privacy Shield and subsequently transfers to a third party as described in the Privacy Shield Principles. In particular, Wix remains responsible and liable under the Privacy Shield Principles if third-party agents that Wix engages to process the personal data on Wix’s behalf do so in a manner inconsistent with the Principles, unless Wix proves that Wix is not responsible for the event giving rise to any damage.
12) SECURITY
Wix has implemented security measures designed to protect the Personal Information you share with Us, including physical, electronic, and procedural measures. Among other things, HTTPS secure access is offered for most areas of the Services; the transmission of sensitive payment information (such as a credit-card number) through designated purchase forms is protected by an industry-standard SSL/TLS-encrypted connection; and a PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) certification is maintained. Our systems are also regularly monitored for possible vulnerabilities and attacks, and new ways and Third-Party Services for further enhancing the security of our Services and the protection of our visitors’ and users’ privacy are regularly sought.
However, regardless of the measures and efforts taken by Wix, We cannot and do not guarantee the absolute protection and security of Your Personal Data, your users-of-users’ information, or any other User content You upload, publish, or otherwise share with Wix or anyone else.
We therefore encourage You to set strong passwords for Your User Account and User Website and to avoid providing Us with any sensitive information whose disclosure you believe could cause You substantial or irreparable harm.
Furthermore, because certain areas of the Services are less secure than others (for example, if You set a support-forum ticket to be “Public” instead of “Private”, or if You browse to a non-SSL page), and since email and instant messaging are not recognized as secure forms of communication, We request and encourage You not to share any Personal Data on any of these areas or via any of these methods.
13) PURPOSES FOR PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
We primarily use Your Personal Data to help Us provide a better experience for You on Our Website and to provide You the services and/or information You may have requested, such as use of the Website.
Information that does not identify You personally but that may assist in providing Us broad overviews of Our customer base will be used for market research or marketing efforts. Such information may include, but is not limited to, interests based on Your cookies.
Personal Data that may be considering identifying may be used for the following:
a) Improving Your personal user experience
b) Communicating with You about Your user account with Us
c) Marketing and advertising to You, including via email
d) Fulfilling Your purchases
e) Providing customer service to You
f) Advising You about updates to the Website or related items
14) HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH YOU
We may contact You via email, telephone, text messages, and/or postal mail to notify you regarding an order of Yours; to troubleshoot problems with regard to an order of Yours; to resolve a dispute; to collect fees or monies owed; to poll Your opinions through surveys or questionnaires; to send You updates about Us; or as otherwise necessary to contact You to enforce applicable laws and/or Our agreements with You (including Our Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy).
15) DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
Although Our policy is to maintain the privacy of Your Personal Data as described herein, We may disclose Your Personal Data if We believe that it is reasonable to do so in certain cases, in Our sole and exclusive discretion. Such cases may include, but are not limited to:
a) To satisfy any local, state, or federal laws or regulations
b) To respond to requests, such as discovery in a criminal, civil, or administrative process; subpoenas; court orders; or writs from law enforcement or other governmental or legal bodies
c) To bring legal action against a User who has violated the law or violated the terms of use of the Website
d) As may be necessary for the operation of the Website
e) To generally cooperate with any lawful investigation about Our Users
f) If We suspect any fraudulent activity on the Website or if We have noticed any activity which may violate Our terms or other applicable rules
16) AGE OF CONSENT
By using this site, You represent that You are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in Your state or province of residence and You have given us Your consent to allow any of Your minor dependents to use this site.
17) PUBLIC INFORMATION
We may allow users to post their own content or information publicly on the Website. Such content or information may include, but is not limited to, photographs, status updates, blogs, articles, or other personal snippets. Please be aware that any such information or content that You may post should be considered entirely public and that We do not purport to maintain the privacy of such public information.
17) OPTING OUT OF TRANSMITTALS FROM US
From time to time, We may send You informational or marketing communications, such as announcements or other information, related to the Website. If You wish to opt out of such communications, You may contact Us via email at:
anne [AT symbol] annerossstudios [DOT] com
You may also click the opt-out link which will be provided at the bottom of any and all such communications.
Please be advised that even though You may opt out of such communications, You may still receive information from Us that is specifically about Your use of Our Website or about Your account with Us.
By providing any Personal Data to Us or by using the Website in any manner, You have created a commercial relationship with Us. As such, You agree that any email sent from Us or third-party affiliates, even unsolicited email, shall specifically not be considered spam as that term is legally defined.
18) ACCESSING, MODIFYING, OR DELETING YOUR INFORMATION
If You wish to modify or delete any information We may have about You, or You wish to simply access any information We have about You, You may do so from Your account-settings page.
19) ACCEPTANCE OF RISK
By continuing to view or use the Website in any manner, You manifest Your continuing assent to this Privacy Policy. You further acknowledge, agree, and accept that transmission of information or data via the Internet is not always completely secure, no matter what steps are taken. You acknowledge, agree, and accept that We do not guarantee or warrant the security of any information that You provide to Us, and you acknowledge, agree, and accept that You transmit such information at Your own risk.
20) YOUR RIGHTS
You have many rights in relation to Your Personal Data. Specifically, Your rights are as follows:
• The right to be informed about the processing of Your Personal Data
• The right to have access to Your Personal Data
• The right to update and/or correct Your Personal Data
• The right to portability of Your Personal Data
• The right to oppose or limit the processing of Your Personal Data
• The right to request that We stop processing Your Personal Data and delete it
• The right to block any Personal Data processing in violation of any applicable law
• The right to launch a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States or with an applicable data protection authority in another jurisdiction
Such rights can all be exercised by contacting Us at the relevant contact information listed in this Privacy Policy.
21) QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the way We collect information from You, if You would like to correct, amend, emend, or delete any personal information We have about You, or if You would like to launch a complaint about anything related to this Privacy Policy, You may contact Us via email at:
anne [AT symbol] annerossstudios [DOT] com
Or you may write to Us at:
Anne Ross Studios
18 Jewell Street
San Rafael, California 94901
USA