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Privacy Policy

Effective April 1, 2021

As the owner of this website (https://summerkitchenthreads.com, referred to as the “Site”) I understand that your privacy is of critical importance. This Privacy Policy describes what information is collected from you via the Site and how we use and disclose such information.

This Privacy Policy governs your access to and use of the Site, including any content, functionality, products, and services offered on or through the Site, whether as a guest or a registered user.

Please read this Privacy Policy before you begin to use this Site. By using this Site or by clicking to accept the Terms of Use (when the option is presented to you), you (the “User”) agree to accept and be bound by the Privacy Policy. If you do not want to be bound by the terms of the Privacy Policy, do not use the Site.

This Site is not intended for use by children under the age of 13 years old. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under the age of 13. If we find out any personal information has been collected or received from anyone under age 13 without parental consent, the information will be deleted.

If you would like more information or have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by email at info@summerkitchenthreadss.com.

Personal Data We Collect About You

This Site collects personal identification information in numerous manners, including, but not limited too, User visits to our Site, User subscriptions to our newsletter, through User comments and feedback, User survey responses, search inquiries on our search feature, and by the User providing information when ordering any product, service or other resources offered through this Site.

We use any information collected to improve the overall User experience on this Site, to deliver the product, service or resource requested, and to provide the User with relevant offers, promotions, and information.

Use of Cookies And Pixels

Our Site, like many other websites, uses cookies and server logs as a means of collecting information about how the Site is used by visitors.  The User has the ability to accept or disable cookies by modifying the settings in their web browser.  Please note, that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including this Site.

A cookie is identifier information made up of a string of letters and numbers. When you visit a website that collects cookies, the website sends a small packet of information to your computer. Your computer stores this data as a file in your web browser, if your browser’s preferences allow it. To protect your privacy, your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other websites. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a User, but personal information that the Site stores about you may be linked to, stored in and obtained from cookies.

Information gathered may include the date and time of a User’s visit to the Site, pages viewed during the visit, time spent on the Site, and websites visited immediately before and after the visit to the Site, as well as the User’s IP address.

We use cookies to identify when the User visits and how the User navigates through the pages of our Site. We use cookies to help us analyze the use and performance of the Site and services offered by the Site.

The Site reserves the right to use technical equivalents to cookies, including social media pixels, in compliance with the policies of said social media sites. Social media pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites so as to tailor advertising messages Users may see while visiting that social media website. The Site may from time to time participate in remarketing efforts with third parties such as Google, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram in order to market the Site or its products and services.

Third Party Use of Cookies

Some content and applications used on this Site are serviced by third parties. These third parties may include advertising networks and services, advertisers, content and application providers, sponsors, suppliers and other third parties. These third parties may use cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about the User when the User is on the Site. The information collected may be associated with the User’s personal information or these third parties may collect information about your online activities from other websites and activities over time. These third parties may use this information to provide the User with personalized (online behavior-based) advertising or targeted content.

The Site doesn’t control the third-party tracking technologies or how they are used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or targeted content, please contact the provider directly.

User Comments

If the User leaves a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

If the User leaves a comment on the Site, the User may opt-in to save their name, email address and website in cookies. These are for the User’s convenience so that they do not have to fill in details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Users that register on our website and set up a profile will have this registration information stored by the Site.  A User can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see, edit and delete that information.

User comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We use Akismet anti-spam service. Users can find out more about how your comment data is processed here.

Media

If a User uploads images to the Site, the User should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Site can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the User has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.

Analytics

The Site uses Google Analytics to analyze the use of the website. The information gathered from Google Analytics is used to create reports about how the Site is used. Google Analytics gathers information about website use through gathering cookies. Google Analytics’ Privacy Policy is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Contact Forms and Email

This Site uses contact forms as a means of allowing Users to contact us directly via email at info@summerkitchenthreads.com. The information collected on the contact form may include the User’s name, website, topic, comment and IP address. The information collected is transmitted electronically to the Site’s web email address hosted by Hover.  The information collected is used to respond directly to the User.

If you decide to contact the Site directly through email, we may retain the content of your email message, along with your email address and responses.

Email Policy

The Site may collect email addresses from the User who voluntarily provides their email to the Site. This may occur when a User uses the contact form, voluntarily emails the Site, signs up to receive the newsletter, a giveaway, or a promotion, or makes a purchase from the Site. The Site uses the email for the purpose it was provided to the Site and will from time-to-time send emails to the User regarding the Site and other products or services we believe may be of interest to the User.

The Site is committed to keeping your email address confidential. The Site will not sell, rent or lease its subscription list to third parties. The Site will not disclose your email address to any third parties except as provided for in this Disclosure of User Information, below.

The Site maintains the information the User sends via email in accordance with Federal law.

In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all emails sent from the Site will clearly indicate who the email is from, provide information on how to contact the Site and contain clear information on how to remove the User from the Site’s mailing list.

The Site’s emails provide Users with the option to opt-out of receiving emails from the Site and its partners by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of any email they receive from the Site. Users who no longer want to receive communications, newsletters and promotional materials may opt-out by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email.

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below regarding Additional Rights of EEA Residents.

Newsletters

Users may subscribe to newsletters or opt-in to receive a free promotional product on the Site. Users electing to opt-in to the newsletter or free promotional product may be sent newsletters that may be used for advertising purposes. These newsletters contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in the email to allow for analysis of online marketing campaigns. The pixels allow the Site to see if a User is opening an email and which links are being used. This information allows the Site to offer more personalized User content in future newsletters. This information is not shared with third parties.

Affiliate Participation

The Site participates in affiliate marketing which is accomplished by embedding tracking links within the Site. If a User clicks on a link to an affiliate partnership, a cookie is placed on the User’s browser to track any sales for commission purposes.

The Site is an affiliate marketer with ShareASale.

Transactional Data

The Site may process information for the purchase of goods and/or services by the User through the Site (“Transactional Data”). Transactional Data may include the User’s contact information, email, payment details and transaction details. The Transactional Data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and maintaining the records of the transaction. Payment processing on our Site may be handled by our payment service provider, PayPal. The Site shares Transactional Data with its payment service provider only to the extent necessary to process the transaction payment, refund, complaints or other inquiries related to the funds from the transaction. You can find out more information about the payment services provider’s privacy policy and practices at https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.

How the We Use the Information Collected

The Site may use the information collected from the User in the following ways:

  • to operate and maintain the Site;
  • to send administrative communications such as administrative emails, policy updates and security alerts to the User;
  • to send the User promotional information about additional services, products, and promotions offered by the Site or third party affiliates. Each email promotion will include opt-out information. If the User decides to purchase or take part in any third party services, products or promotions, the third party will receive the User’s information. The Site may be paid a commission by the third party affiliate for initiating the promotion with the User that opts to purchase or participate in the third party’s offer;
  • to send newsletters;
  • to respond to User comments and inquiries;
  • to provide the User with support;
  • to track and measure advertisements on the site;
  • to display advertisements to the User that are tailored to the User’s personal characteristics, interest, and activities;
  • to track and process payment for purchases made by the User on the Site; or
  • to protect, investigate and deter unauthorized or illegal activity.

How Long We Retain Your Data

The Site maintains contact form entries for two years, and analytics records for five years. Customer purchase records are maintained for ten years. Other data retention policies may be specifically stated in this Privacy Policy as it relates to a specific type of data.

Disclosure of User Information

As a general policy, the Site does not sell, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any information collected, whether automatically or through the User’s voluntary action. The Site may, however, disclose the User’s personal information to its subsidiaries, affiliates and service providers for the purpose of providing services to the User.

Personal information may be disclosed to a third party, including a lawyer or collection agency, when necessary to enforce the terms of service or an agreement between the User and the Site.

The Site may disclose information to any successor in interest, whether by merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Site’s assets and/or business.

The Site may also disclose information when legally compelled to do so for the protection of the Site’s legal rights or when required by a court or governmental entity.

Protection of User Information

The Site uses commercially reasonable methods to protect the security of information automatically collected and provided to us. This includes standard security protocols and working only with reputable third parties. The Site uses software programs to monitor network traffic and to identify unauthorized attempts to access, change or otherwise damage the Site.

Email is not a recognized secure communications method. Users should not provide sensitive, private information such as account information, credit card, or other personal identification information, to the Site via email. However, doing so is allowed at the User’s own risk.

Policy Changes

From time to time, the Site reserves the right to update and change this Privacy Policy. Any changes made to this policy will be posted to this page. If any material changes are made to how we treat User’s personal information, the Site will notify the User via email, if the User is registered with the Site’s email list. It is the User’s responsibility to make sure we have an up-to-date, active email on file. The effective date of this Privacy Policy is posted at the top of the page.

Additional Rights of European Economic Area (“EEA”) Residents

If the User is a resident of a country in the EEA, under the General Data Protection Regulation you have the rights, among others, to:

  • access your personal data;
  • ensure the accuracy of your personal data;
  • have us delete your personal data;
  • restrict further processing of your personal data; and
  • complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused.

If a User that is a resident in the EEA provides the Site with consent to process the Users’ personal data, the User has the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to you the Users withdraw of the consent.

If a User that is a resident in the EEA believes that our processing of the User’s personal information infringes data protection laws, the User has the right to lodge a legal complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. The User may do so in its EU member state of residents, its place of work or place of alleged infringement.

Please contact us at info@summerkitchenthreads.com to exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice.

Contact

If you would like more information or have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by email at info@summerkitchenthreads.com.