Elizabeth J. Smith Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy (updated 9/28/2020)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By using this Site, you agree to behave in a Christian manner toward the Site and Site visitors. You agree to not do anything to harm the Site or Site visitors. You agree to be kind and polite, even if you disagree with the Site or something posted therein. Please feel free to share your thoughts and opinions, but do so in a Christian manner.
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If you would like to link to this Site for the purposes of a book review or promotion, please feel free to do so. A notification email would be appreciated but is not required.
If you are wondering whether you should do it or not, do not do it. Most likely, it is not allowed on this Site. Any disregard of these terms will be considered grounds for banning from commenting or if deemed necessary, legal action.
PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from https://www.authorelizabethjsmith.com (the “Site”). This policy is correct and up-to-date to the best of my knowledge. If you see something missing, please contact me so that I can correct the error. It is not my goal to mislead or cause confusion.
SHORT VERSION
I hate spam and dishonest business practices as much as you do! I do not collect any personal data for reasons other than those you have given me express permission (i.e. blog sign-ups, orders). I will never give your personal data to anyone else without your express permission except to do what you have requested by using my site or such as in compliance with the following privacy policy. I promise never to spam you and to only provide meaningful and honest content.
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we 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, we 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. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
– “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
– “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
– “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”
When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
Communicate with you;
Screen our 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.
We use PRINTFUL to fulfill all orders made on our Site. Our Site only has access to information you provide which is necessary for us to fulfill your request (i.e. sign up for emails, orders (if given to us by Printful), your comments). [Printful’s privacy policy: Printful, Inc. (“we”, “our”, “us”, or “Printful”) respects the privacy of its users and is fully committed to protect their personal data and use it in accordance with data privacy laws. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and process any personal data that we collect from you—or you provide to us—in connection with your use of our website (www.printful.com) or our mobile apps and our print-on-demand services (collectively, “Services”). By accessing or using our Services, you signify your understanding of the terms set out in this Privacy Policy.
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, disclose, or sell the personal information about users under the age of sixteen (16). If you are under the age of 16, please do not use our Services. If you are under the age of 16 and have used our Services, please contact us at the email address below so that we may delete your personal information.
If you use our Services only for your personal use, you are to be considered as the “User” and for the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), we are the data controller.
If you use our Services to execute orders and deliver products to third parties, you are to be considered as the “Merchant” and with regard to your contact details and the other data listed in Section 1 below, we are the data controller. Where we act on a Merchant’s behalf to fulfil an order with regard to the Merchant’s customer, we are a data processor: please see our Data Processing Terms.
Note that while our Services may contain links to other websites or services, we are not responsible for each respective website’s or service’s privacy practices and encourage you to be aware of this when you leave our Services and carefully read the privacy statements of each and every website and service you visit. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites and services. If you wish to contact Printful regarding your personal data or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@printful.com.] You may find more information about their privacy policy here: https://www.printful.com/policies/privacy
If a minor uses our Site, we assume they have received permission from or are under the oversight of a parent or guardian. We do not knowingly collect, maintain, disclose, or sell the personal information about users under the age of sixteen (16). If you are under the age of 16, please do not use our Services. If you are under the age of 16 and have used our Services, please contact us at the email address below so that we may delete your personal information.
We use the Device Information that we 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).
LINKS TO PRIVACY POLICIES OF PLUGINS USED ON THIS SITE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED SITES
Akismet https://akismet.com/privacy/
Automattic https://automattic.com/privacy/?utm_source=akismet&utm_medium=automattic_referred&utm_campaign=privacy_page
Bluehost https://www.endurance.com/privacy/privacy
Download After Email https://www.download-after-email.com/privacy-policy/
Elementor https://elementor.com/about/privacy/#:~:text=Your%20California%20Privacy%20Rights%20and,parties%20for%20direct%20marketing%20purposes.&text=To%20make%20such%20a%20request,your%20personal%20data%20was%20shared.
Jetpack https://jetpack.com/support/privacy/
OceanWP https://oceanwp.org/privacy-policy/#:~:text=For%20users%20that%20register%20on,see%20and%20edit%20that%20information.
OptinMonster API https://optinmonster.com/privacy/
Updraft Plus Backup/Restore https://updraftplus.com/data-protection-and-privacy-centre/
WooCommerce https://woocommerce.com/privacy%20policy/
WP Reset https://wpreset.com/terms/
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. We 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.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
BEHAVIOURAL ADVERTISING
As described above, we may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we 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=ads
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/.
UNSUBSCRIBE
You may unsubscribe from blog posts at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in Site emails, by contacting the Site at the email address below, or by using the contact form on the Contact page of the Site. Please allow a few days for the process to be complete.
DO NOT TRACK
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
YOUR RIGHTS
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we 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 we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we 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.
DATA RETENTION
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
CHANGES
We 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 US
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at marblefoxbakery@gmail.com.