Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.valcline.com (the “Site”).
Personal information I collect
Device Information
When you visit the Site (A Squarespace Website), I (in this case Squarespace & Google Analytics) will 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, I 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. This information is automatically displayed in all Squarespace websites and in Google Analytics when used.
How do I use your personal information?
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site I collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Purchases
When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, I collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. I refer to this information as “Order Information.”
When I talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, I am talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
When you purchase something from this website I use the Order Information that I collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping when necessary, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).
Additionally, I use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you; screen 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.
I use the Device Information that I 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).
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Who I share your data with
Tools that help me do my job
17Hats I use for booking all appointments and your information is used to help us provide our services to you. You can read more about how they handle your information here: https://www.17hats.com/privacy-policy
17Hats I use to manage client relationships, invoicing and some service payments.
Here is their privacy policy: https://www.17hats.com/privacy-policy
I use Stripe via 17Hats as our payment gateway.
I use MailChimp as our email marketing platform.
You can visit their privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
I 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.
I may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful requests for information I receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Services that help me understand how I can serve you
I may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications, about our products and services I 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:
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ad
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/.
How long I retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), I also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information I 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 I note that I am processing your information in order to fulfill contracts I 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.
CHANGES
I 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 ME
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact me.