Prior to utilizing thepermaculturechick.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Site”), it is essential that you thoroughly review this privacy policy in its entirety.
This Privacy Policy serves as a comprehensive document detailing the collection of personal information, its intended purposes, and the security protocols implemented to ensure its protection.
The ownership of this Site and its content belongs to The Permaculture Chick. Our commitment extends to safeguarding your Personal Information, ensuring that its collection and utilization strictly adhere to the provisions of the Privacy Policy contained herein. Your voluntary use of our Site and/or engagement in activities such as purchasing, viewing, downloading, or subscribing to The Permaculture Chick’s email list newsletter, social media posts, blog posts, guides, forms, worksheets, and website materials implies your voluntary consent to be bound by the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you shall not use or browse the website.
Personal Information We May Collect
User-Provided Personal Information: When accessing and interacting with our website, including but not limited to filling out forms, making purchases, leaving comments, or contacting us, you may be required to provide personal information, including your name, email address, website URL, and mailing address. We utilize this information to respond to information requests, enhance website functionality, and deliver educational materials, newsletters, promotions, and special offers to you.
Automatically Collected Personal Information: While utilizing our website, thepermaculturechick.com may employ data collection technologies, such as Google Analytics (hereinafter referred to as the “Data Collection Companies”), to gather data pertaining to your website usage. This data may encompass details about your geographical location and browsing behaviour on our website. Additionally, the Data Collection Companies may furnish us with information regarding your device or software configuration, your IP address (including location data), and whether you access our website through mobile, tablet, or desktop devices. We collect this data solely for statistical purposes and to enhance the overall user experience.
How To Update Your Personal Information
If any Personal Information in our possession is found to be inaccurate, incomplete, or requires updating, or if you wish to amend the information we hold, kindly get in touch with us. Upon notification, we will promptly undertake the necessary rectifications, provided that the requested changes are accurate and not fraudulent in nature.
When We Collect Personal Information
We collect Personal Information when you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter, complete a form, make purchases, or provide any personal information on the website. If you are solely browsing the website, you are not obligated to furnish personal information for browsing purposes.
By signing up to purchase any products or services from us, you will automatically be included in our email list to receive complimentary email communications from us. You have the option to unsubscribe at any time by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link located at the bottom of each email. In case you encounter any challenges while unsubscribing from our emails, please don’t hesitate to contact us for assistance in discontinuing from future communications.
How We Utilize Your Personal Information
When utilizing the Site, we may employ the personal information obtained from you through registration, purchases, newsletter subscriptions, survey responses, or engagement with marketing communications (usually via email) for the following purposes:
- To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
- To improve our website in order to better serve you.
- To allow us to better serve you in response to your customer service requests.
- To administer a contest, promotion, survey, or other website feature.
- To quickly process your transactions.
- To send periodic emails regarding other products and services.
- To tailor social media (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, etc.) advertisements to you.
When and How We Disclose Personal Information to Third Parties
In general, we do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside (third) parties your personal information unless we provide users with advance notice or need to do so to comply with the law or an investigation.
We may disclose your personal information to our subsidiaries, contractors, subcontractors, assigns, affiliates, or successors in interest when necessary to carry out our business functions. This may include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, email service, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release personal information when its release is appropriate or necessary to comply with the law, enforce our Site policies, this Privacy Policy, our Terms & Conditions and Disclaimer, or to protect our rights or others’ rights, property, or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third-Party Links
At our sole discretion, we reserve the right to occasionally incorporate or present third-party products, services, or links to articles, blogs, or websites on our platform. These third-party websites may or may not maintain distinct and autonomous privacy policies. Consequently, we disclaim any responsibility or liability for the content and operations of these linked websites, including their privacy policies or the absence thereof. Nevertheless, our commitment to safeguarding the integrity of our platform remains unwavering, and we encourage you to share any concerns or difficulties encountered with linked websites by contacting us.
How We Use ‘Cookies’ & Social Media Pixels
Cookies are small data files that a website or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive via your web browser (with your consent), allowing the website or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and collect specific information. For example, we employ cookies to facilitate the retention and processing of items in your shopping cart. Cookies also aid in understanding your preferences based on past or current site interactions, enabling us to deliver improved services. Furthermore, cookies help us aggregate data related to website traffic and interactions, paving the way for enhanced site experiences and tools in the future.
We employ cookies for the following purposes:
- To facilitate the storage and processing of items in your shopping cart.
- To compile aggregated data on website traffic and interactions, with the assistance of trusted third-party services, who may track this data on our behalf.
You have the option to configure your computer to notify you each time a cookie is sent or to disable all cookies, through your browser settings. Please note that the process may vary slightly depending on your browser; check your browser’s Help Menu for guidance on modifying your cookie preferences. However, it’s important to be aware that disabling cookies may result in the loss of certain features and functionality on the website, as cookies are essential for tracking and enhancing your site experience.
The Company utilizes social media pixels, such as Facebook pixels, to monitor website visitors. This allows us to customize advertisements for these visitors on various social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram. The Company reserves the right to use pixels in accordance with the terms of the respective social media platforms.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. 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.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”)
CalOPPA stretches well beyond California to require any person or company that operates websites collecting Personal Information from California viewers/consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. Read more about CalOPPA here.
Pursuant to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
- Users can visit our site anonymously.
- There is a link to this Privacy Policy on the Site footer.
- Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above. It is titled “Privacy Policy” very clearly.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page (see “Updated On” date).
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”)
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13. Please STOP and do not use, view, purchase, or otherwise browse the Site, services, or products if you are under 13 years old. If you’re younger than 13, you are not permitted to enter any personal information on this Site. If you are a parent and you believe your child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately to have it removed.
Fair Information Practices
In order to comply with Fair Information Practices, we will take responsive action should a data breach occur and will notify you via email within 3 business days of any known breach.
To Unsubscribe
If you wish to opt-out of receiving future emails at any time, you may do so by following the instructions located at the bottom of any email you receive from us. We will promptly process your request and remove you from any further correspondence. However, it’s important to note that unsubscribing from one specific list or set of emails may not automatically unsubscribe you from all future communications from us. If you encounter any issues while attempting to unsubscribe, please don’t hesitate to contact us, and we will promptly address your request for removal.
Your General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) Rights
If you are located within the European Union (“EU”), you are entitled to certain rights under the GDPR. You have the right to:
- Know how long we’ll keep your information. We’ll keep your personal information until the earlier of: (1) you either ask us to delete your information or (2) the Company decides it no longer needs the data and the cost of retaining it outweighs the value to keeping it.
- Access, rectify or erase your personal information.
- Withdraw your consent to the Company’s processing of your data, which shall have no effect on the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information prior to your withdrawal.
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over GDPR issues.
- Provide only your personal information which is reasonably required to enter into a contract with us. The Company will not ask for your consent to provide unnecessary personal information on the condition of entering into a contractual relationship with the Company.
Our Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments, please feel welcome to contact us.
Updated on January 10, 2024