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Hello! Welcome to the Privacy Policy of The Candy Cottage. It was last updated on October 1, 2015. Introduction: Please read the following to learn more about The Candy Cottage ("The Candy Cottage") Privacy Policy. The Candy Cottage website (www.candycottage.us), related applications, features, content, widgets or services (collectively with the website, the "Service") are intended for use by the whole family including, which may include young children with parental participation and supervision. The Candy Cottage recognizes the importance of protecting any information collected from the users (each a "User" or collectively, "Users") of its Service, and has adopted this Privacy Policy to inform its Users about the types of information The Candy Cottage gathers about a User online while using the Service, how The Candy Cottage may use that information, whether The Candy Cottage discloses it to anyone, and the choices a User has regarding use of and correction of the information. The Candy Cottage and any and all entities that control, or are affiliated or under common control with The Candy Cottage are collectively referred to herein as "we," "us" or "our". When you use this website and input information on it, you expressly consent to the use of such information according to this Privacy Policy. We understand your privacy is important. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis to stay up-to-date on our most current privacy practices, which may change from time to time as we continue to develop this site. The date that this policy was last changed is noted above. If any future modification requires The Candy Cottage to provide notice to a parent or receive parental consent, we will take the steps necessary to comply with those requirements at that time. THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS PART OF THE TERMS OF SERVICE WHICH YOU, OR IF YOU HAVE NOT REACHED THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN YOUR JURISDICTION, A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN, MUST READ AND ACCEPT ON YOUR BEHALF. IF YOU, OR YOUR PARENT/GUARDIAN ON YOUR BEHALF, DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF SERVICE, INCLUDING THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE EXIT THE SERVICE NOW AND DO NOT DOWNLOAD, ACCESS OR USE The Candy Cottage's SERVICES. Contact us at jay.jolly@candycottage.us concerning anything you do not understand. 1. TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT We collect two basic types of information: (1) personal information and (2) anonymous information - and we may use personal and anonymous information to create a third type of information, which we characterize as aggregate information. We collect the following categories of information; 1. Registration information you provide when you create an account, including your first name and surname, country of residence, gender, date of birth, email address, username and password; 2. Transaction information you provide when you request information or purchase a product or service from us, whether on our sites or through our applications, including your postal address, telephone number and payment information; 3. Information you provide in public forums on our sites and applications, and any submissions you distribute; 4. Information sent either one-to-one or within a limited group using our message, chat, post or similar functionality, where we are permitted by law to collect this information; 5. Information you provide to us when you use our sites and applications, our applications on third-party sites or platforms such as social networking sites, or link your profile on a third-party site or platform with your registration account; 6. Location information when you visit our sites or use our applications, including location information either provided by a mobile device interacting with one of our sites or application, or associated with your IP address, where we are permitted by law to process this information; and usage, viewing and technical data, including your device identifier or IP address, when you visit our sites, use our applications on third-party sites or platforms or open emails we send. 2. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION We collect information you provide to us when you request products, services or information from us, register with us, participate in public forums or other activities on our sites and applications, respond to customer surveys, or otherwise interact with us. Please keep in mind that when you provide information to us on a third-party site or platform (for example, via our applications), the information you provide may be separately collected by the third-party site or platform. The information we collect is covered by this privacy policy and the information the third-party site or platform collects is subject to the third-party site or platform's privacy practices. Privacy choices you have made on the third-party site or platform will not apply to our use of the information we have collected directly through our applications. We collect information through technology, such as cookies, Flash cookies and Web beacons, including when you visit our sites and applications or use our applications on third-party sites or platforms. Please visit Online Tracking and Advertising for further information, including how to disable cookies. We acquire information from other trusted sources to update or supplement the information you provided or we collected automatically. Local law may require that you authorize the third party to share your information with us before we can acquire it. 3. SHARING YOUR INFORMATION WITH OTHER COMPANIES We will not share your personal information outside of our affiliated companies except in limited circumstances, including: 1. When you allow us to share your personal information with another company, such as: 1. Electing to share your personal information with carefully selected companies so that they can send you offers and promotions about their products and services (but only with specific consent) 2. Directing us to share your personal information with third-party sites or platforms, such as social networking sites (Please note that once we share your personal information with another company, the information received by the other company becomes subject to the other company's privacy practices.)
2. When companies perform services on our behalf, like email delivery, package delivery and customer service; however, these companies are prohibited from using your personal information for purposes other than those requested by us or required by law 3. When we share personal information with third parties in connection with the sale of a business, to enforce our Terms of Use or rules, to ensure the safety and security of our guests and third parties, to protect our rights and property and the rights and property of our guests and third parties, to comply with legal process or in other cases if we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by law. 4. YOUR CONTROLS AND CHOICES We provide you the ability to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use and sharing of your information. In accordance with local law, your controls and choices may include: You may correct, update and delete your registration account 1. You may change your choices for subscriptions, newsletters and alerts 2. You may choose whether to receive from us offers and promotions for our products and services, or products and services that we think may be of interest to you 3. You may choose whether we share your personal information with other companies so they can send you offers and promotions about their products and services 4. You may choose whether to receive targeted advertising from many ad networks, data exchanges, marketing analytics and other service providers here 5. You may request access to the personal information we hold about you and that we amend or delete it and we request third parties with whom we have shared the information do the same 5. DATA SECURITY AND INTEGRITY The security, integrity and confidentiality of your information are extremely important to us. We have implemented technical, administrative and physical security measures that are designed to protect guest information from unauthorized access, disclosure, use and modification. From time to time, we review our security procedures to consider appropriate new technology and methods. Please be aware though that, despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. 6. ADVERTISING TRACKING As you browse candycottage.us, advertising cookies will be placed on your computer so that we can understand what you are interested in. Our display advertising partner, AdRoll, then enables us to present you with retargeting advertising on other sites based on your previous interaction with candycottage.us. The techniques our partners employ do not collect personal information such as your name, email address, postal address or telephone number. You can visit this page (http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/) to opt out of AdRoll and their partners' targeted advertising. 7. DATA TRANSFERS, STORAGE AND PROCESSING GLOBALLY Wherever your personal information is transferred, stored or processed by us, we will take reasonable steps to safeguard the privacy of your personal information. 8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY From time to time, we may change this privacy policy to accommodate new technologies, industry practices, regulatory requirements or for other purposes. We will provide notice to you if these changes are material and, where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent. 9. COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS If you have a comment or question about this privacy policy, please contact our Compliance Manager at: Cottage Products, LLC d/b/a The Candy Cottage Our sites and applications may contain links to other sites not owned or controlled by us and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our sites or applications and to read the privacy policies of other sites that may collect your personal information. |