Privacy Policy

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Effective Date: January 18, 2021

Erica Gimson Design (“us,” “we” or “our”) operates the www.ericagimsondesign.com website (the “Site”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Site and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to improve the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.

Definitions

These definitions may be helpful as you review our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.

  • Cookies: “Cookies” are small pieces of data stored on your electronic device.

  • Data Controller: “Data Controller” refers to the natural or legal person who—either alone, jointly or in common with other persons—determines the purposes for and the manner in which any personal information is or will be processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

  • Data Processors: The “Data Processor” (or “Service Provider”) is any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

  • Personal Data: “Personal Data” refers to data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

  • Data Subject: The “Data Subject” (or “User”) refers to any living individual who is using our Site and is the subject of Personal Data.

  • Site: “Site” refers to the www.ericagimsondesign.com website operated by Erica Gimson Design.

  • Usage Data: “Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Site or from the Site infrastructure itself (i.e., the duration of a page visit).

Information Collection and Use

We collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Site. The types of data we collect include: Personal Data, Usage Data, Location Data, Tracking Data and Cookies Data. More in-depth information regarding these forms of data collection is listed below.

  • Cookies Data: We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are filled with small amounts of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and are stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site. Some examples of Cookies we use include Session Cookies, Preference Cookies and Security Cookies.

  • Location Data: We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so. We use this data to provide features of our Site, as well as to improve and customize our Site. You can enable or disable location services when you use our Site at any time via your device settings.

  • Personal Data: While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

    • Email address

    • First and last name

    • Address, state, province, zip/postal code, city and country

    • Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing materials, promotional codes or other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any or all of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.

  • Tracking Data: We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information. Tracking technologies that are used include beacons, tags and scripts. These technologies allow us to collect and track information on our Site while enabling us to improve and analyze our Site.

Our Site does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or legal guardian and are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we will immediately take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Use of Data

Erica Gimson Design uses the collected data for various purposes, including:

  • To provide and maintain our Site

  • To notify you about changes to our Site

  • To provide customer support

  • To gather analysis and other valuable information so that we can improve our Site

  • To monitor the usage of our Site

  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues

  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or inquired about

 Erica Gimson Design may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to perform a contract with you

  • You have given us permission to do so

  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and is not overridden by your rights

  • For payment processing purposes

  • To comply with the law

Retention of Data

Erica Gimson Design will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements. Erica Gimson Design will also retain Usage Data for internal analyses. Usage Data is generally retained for a short period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Site.

Disclosure of Data

Under certain circumstances, Erica Gimson Design may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (i.e., a court or a government agency). Erica Gimson Design may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation

  • Protect and defend the rights or property of Erica Gimson Design

  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site

  • Protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public

  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is extremely important to us. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, nor any method of electronic storage, is 100 percent secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Site (“Service Providers”), to provide the Site on our behalf, to perform Site-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Site is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these essential tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use any of your Personal Data for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Site.

  • Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a website analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Site. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. For more information on the privacy practices of Good, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.

Payments

We provide paid products within the Site. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (i.e., payment processors). We will not store or collect your payment details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors 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 payment information. The payment processors we work with are Stripe and PayPal. You can view Stripe’s Privacy Policy here and PayPal’s Privacy Policy here.

Links to Other Sites

Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s website. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of every website you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practice of any third-party websites or services.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site prior to the change becoming effective. At that time, we will also update the “Effective Date” notice at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at ericagimsondesign@gmail.com.