Updated: November 20, 2019
1. Introduction: At NancyDeanne.com (the “Site”), we respect our community members and know that you care about the protection of your personal information. Therefore, we have posted this Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) to let you know what kind of information we collect on this Site, how it is used, and with whom it may be shared.
2. Information That We Collect and How We Use It:
(a) Personal Information. If you choose to subscribe to this Site, we will collect your first name and email address. We will use this information to notify you when a new blog post is released and to inform you about events or offers that we think you may be interested in. When you send us a message or comment on a blog post, we will collect your email address so that we can respond to you. If you make a purchase on our site, we will collect information required to process your purchase and to communicate with you about your purchase, such as your name, address, phone number, and email address.
(b) Anonymous / Non-Personal Information. When you browse this Site, we and our third-party service providers may collect certain technical information such as your computer’s IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on the Internet) and anonymous traffic data. We may use this information to analyze our Site traffic or to improve our Site.
(c) Cookies. We and our third-party service providers may use cookies in order to operate this Site, to improve our performance, or to give you extra functionalities, all with the goal of providing a better experience for you. A “cookie” is a small text file that is placed on your computer to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings in your browser. It holds information that this Site may need to interact with you and personalize your experience. Cookies cannot be used to access any other data on your hard drive or to personally identify you. This Site uses preference cookies to remember information that changes the way it behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. If you prefer not to accept cookies, you can set your Internet browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to prevent cookies from being placed on your hard drive. You can read more about cookies at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/cookies/.
We will retain your personal information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined above, unless a longer retention period is required or not prohibited by law.
3. Sharing Information with Third Parties: We will not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent except in the following situations:
(a) Service Providers. We may share your personal information with third-party providers that perform services that allow us to provide this Site and offer products and services to you. For example, our subscriber list is managed by MailChimp, our web store is hosted by WooCommerce, and our credit card processor is PayPal. Any credit card or bank account information that you provide on this Site will be provided directly through WooCommerce to PayPal and will not be stored on our servers.
(b) Legal Requirements. We may share your personal information in connection with legal orders from law enforcement or other government agencies, as required by law or regulation, to protect our rights as well as those of our customers, the public, or others, or to combat fraud or criminal activity.
(c) Change in the Business. If our business undergoes a fundamental change such as, for example, a sale, merger, or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets, we may share your personal information to the other parties in the transaction so that we may continue to provide products and services to you.
4. Safeguards: We use reasonable safeguards to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that we obtain from you, but no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure and we make no assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse or alteration and assume no liability arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration.
5. Information You Post to this Site. Please keep in mind that any information that you choose to post to this Site, including blog comments, feedback and product reviews, can be seen, collected, and used by anyone who visits this Site. We are not responsible for unauthorized third-party uses of such information.
6. Links to Third-Party Websites. This Site may provide links to other third-party websites that are outside of our control and not covered by this Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to be aware when you leave this Site, and to read the privacy policies of each website that you visit.
7. Collection and Use of Children’s Personal Data. We take children’s privacy seriously. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 through this Site. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not submit any personal information through this Site without the express consent and participation of a parent or guardian. If you are a parent/guardian and you suspect that your child may have submitted personal information to us, please send us an email at heynancy@nancydeanne.com. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will strive to delete such information from our records as soon as possible.
8. Your California Rights. Residents of the State of California have the right to request a list of all third parties to whom we have disclosed certain information during the preceding year for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. However, it is our policy to neither disclose personal information, nor to sell such information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes without your consent.
9. Changes to this Policy. This Policy may change at any time in our sole discretion as we continue to develop this Site, so we encourage you to refer to this Policy on an ongoing basis in order to understand our current Policy. All changes are effective on the date that we post them to this Site.
10. Contact Us. If you have any questions or concerns, or would like for us to modify or remove your information from our records, please contact us at heynancy@nancydeanne.com.
