Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last updated on July 26, 2023
Cindy Krauklis Interiors (“company,” “we,” or “us”) is dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information, and this privacy policy describes what information is collected from you on www.cindykrauklis.com (hereinafter the “Website”) and how it is used, whether as a guest or a registered user. The term “you” refers to anyone who uses, visits or views the Website.
PLEASE READ THE PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START TO USE THE WEBSITE. BY VISITING AND USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE WEBSITE AFTER POSTING ANY CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE CHANGES AND UPDATES. YOU MUST NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Canada's Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
We comply with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which regulates the collection, use and disclosure of the personal information provided to us. PIPEDA requires that we notify you why we collect your personal information, how we use it and under what circumstances we will disclose such information. Under PIPEDA, you also have the right to access your personal information held by us and receive an accounting of how that information is being used or disclosed. We take all the necessary security measures appropriate to secure your personal information provided to us.
Children's Privacy
We respect the privacy of children, and “child” means an individual under the age of 13. All information and content on this Website are intended for individuals over the age of 18. Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using this Website. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior parental or guardian consent. If you believe any personal information is collected from someone under the age of 13 without parental or guardian consent, then please get in touch with us to have that information deleted.
What Information We Collect And How It Is Used
When you access the Website, you may provide certain personally identifiable information through voluntary actions you may take during your visit. This may include but is not limited to your name, email address, phone number, address, avatar image, and credit card information when you make a purchase on the Website.
This information is collected when you register on the site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, contact us by phone, email, text, or other electronic messages, use the search feature on the Website, provide comments or any other feedback, fill out a form or use the live chat or enter any further information on the Website to communicate with us. From time to time, we may also collect the information you submit when participating in any online surveys we post on our Website.
Your personal information is used to personalize your experience, improve the Website to serve you better, provide customer service support, efficiently process your requests or transactions, tailor advertisements to you, elicit reviews of services or products, provide you offers, promotions and to follow up with you through correspondence (email, live chat, or phone). We may also use this information to provide you with offers and promotions from our partners and our affiliates in exchange for a commission without additional cost to you.
Additionally, like other websites, this Website automatically collects certain information about you through Log Data and Google Analytics. Log Data is information about your computer’s Internet Protocol Address, which is your “IP” address, browser information, Internet Service Provider’s information, operating system, and browser type. Similarly, Google Analytics collects certain information about your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, the equipment you used to access the Website, traffic patterns, and other general patterns related to your use of the Website.
This information is used to analyze website statistics related to user behaviour and interests, improve our performance and your use of the Website, and further enhance our products and services.
Comments On Social Media
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue. When you leave a comment, your name, email address and website/organization name are not shared with a third party and may be used to communicate with you.
Social media accounts and sharing options are available on this Website. Social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, and so forth) can track your personal information. Please note that you will voluntarily disclose that personal information if you choose to interact with us on social media. This information is no longer private. It becomes public information and can be collected and used by others. We have no control over and take no responsibility for the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly-disclosed personal information by you.
Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to any liability related to the misuse of your information by others.
Use Of Cookies
The Website may use cookies to facilitate your use of the Website. Cookies are files with small amounts of data, including a unique anonymous identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you are viewing the Website. Just like other websites, we automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your IP address, geographic location, language preference, date and time of visitors.
When you leave a comment on our Website, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and Website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
If you have an account and log in to this Website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
We may use cookies for various reasons, such as optimizing and personalizing your browsing experience, checking our Website analytics, saving your preferences and settings for future use, serving ads based on your liking and interests, affiliate marketing and posting comments on our Website.
This information is only collected to better serve and understand your user experience on the Website. You can turn off cookies on your computer if you wish to do so. If you choose to do that, you may be unable to view all the features and content of this Website.
Use Of Web Beacons And Pixels
In conjunction with cookies, third parties may also use web beacons, also known as clear GIFs, web bugs or pixel tags, to collect general information about your use of our Website. They monitor user activity and are used to track customer behaviour data. This information may be relevant to third parties, such as the ad networks used on our Website, to tailor the advertising based on your behaviour and interests.
We may use social media pixels to track and collect general information about your use in compliance with different social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) to promote products, track conversions, remarket, and run target advertisements forth.
Third parties like Facebook may use their cookies, web beacons and other technologies to collect and receive information from our website to provide target advertisements. You may see our ads on Facebook after you have visited our Website.
Third-Party Links And Use
We may include, offer or advertise third-party links, products or services on the Website. Once you click on a third-party link and leave this Website, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Articles on this Website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, advertisements, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor 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 in to that Website.
We may use Google AdSense advertising and other third-party advertising on the Website. Google is a third party that also uses cookies to serve ads on the Website to provide a positive user experience. Third-party vendors such as Google use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to the Website. You can opt out of Google by visiting their privacy policy and ad settings.
We have no control over these third parties, and they have their privacy policies. Neither are we responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any questions. You also agree that using these third-party websites is solely at your risk.
Disclosure Of Your Information
As a general rule, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent, except in the following circumstances:
1. We may disclose your information to our trusted third parties that work with us, such as contractors, our Website hosting partners, email marketing service providers, other service providers that assist in the operation of the Website, and any other affiliates and subsidiaries we rely upon to provide you products and services offered here. Th
2. We may disclose your information when legally compelled to do so, to comply with state or federal regulations related to copyright infringement lawsuits or the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights or when compelled by a court or other governmental entity to do so, or any other legal claims related to the Website.
3. We may disclose your information to our successor and acquiring party in case of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution or partial sale. However, your personal data will be transferred to the acquiring party in accordance with this privacy policy.
Email Marketing
You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials and any other content related to this Website. When you send an email, your email message, address and responses are saved for communication purposes. This information is kept confidential, and we do not share, sell or trade your email information with third parties except as otherwise stated in this privacy policy.
We do not envision offering goods or services to individuals living in the European Union as outlined in the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
If you are in the European Union and opt-in to receive any of our free products or services and purchase them through our Website, then you will be subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you affirmatively consent to it. Please see the Opt-Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.
But if you are NOT in the European Union, then you will be automatically subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you opt-in to receive any of our free products or services and purchase any products or services through our Website. Please see the Opt-Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.
Opt-Out
We comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and do not spam or send misleading information. Should you wish to no longer receive communication from us, you have the option of unsubscribing by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting us.
As for third-party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and opt out of their communications.
We comply with the GDPR along with the email marketing service we use to collect your data.
GDPR Visitor Rights
Under the GDPR, if you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain rights and information listed below.
We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of:
1. You ask us to delete the information by sending a request to info@cindykrauklis.com. Please note that such requests may result in you no longer being able to access paid or free content previously provided to you.
2. We have decided to cease using our existing data providers.
3. The Company decides to no longer be in business or continue offering services.
4. The data is no longer needed to provide you service, is too costly to maintain further retention, or the Company finds it outdated.
You have the right to request access to the data that we store and can access your personal data.
You have the right to either rectify or erase your personal data. You have the right to verify the accuracy of your personal data and have it corrected or removed entirely.
You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data. When you restrict the processing of your data, we can store it but cannot process it further.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances including but not limited to direct marketing, profiling, scientific or historical research purposes, statistical purposes, automated decision-making and profiling and tasks based on legitimate interests or in the public interest/exercise of official authority.
You have the right to the portability of your data. You have the right to request your personal data from us, receive it and transfer it to another controller.
You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. If you have provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority with jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.
We require only the reasonably necessary information to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to consent to any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.
Your Rights Under The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA Compliance)
If you reside in California, you are entitled to additional rights under California law, and we ensure compliance with the CCPA. Here are your rights:
1. You have the right to know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed to third parties.
2. You have the right to say no to selling your personal information.
3. You also have the right to access your personal information, which we will provide within 30 days of such a request.
4. You have the right to know what personal information is collected from you and how it is used, which we explained in this Privacy Policy.
5. You have the right to have your personal information deleted
6. You have the right to equal service, price and no discrimination
7. You have the right to data portability and the right to request your personal information and use it for your own purposes
Under California’s “Shine the Light Act,” you are permitted to request information about how we share certain categories of information with third parties for their marketing use. We may disclose your personal information to our affiliates or other related third parties, such as service providers and vendors, for their use in marketing to you so that we can provide the products and services offered on this Website to you. When we disclose such information, your personal information is kept confidential between that third party and us. It is not used for any other purpose that’s not permitted under the laws.
Please be advised we DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION to third parties and have never sold your personal information. We do not intend to sell your personal information in the future either.
Under the CCPA, you still have the right to opt out of such sales and send us a “do not sell my information” request. If you would like to exercise any of your rights under California law, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by sending us an email at info@cindykrauklis.com. Only you, as the person registered with the California Secretary of State, can make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information or someone you authorize to act on your behalf.
Your verifiable consumer request must provide sufficient information to verify that you are the person you are claiming to be or that you are the authorized representative of the person about whom we collected personal information. You must describe your request with enough details, such as your first and last name, address and country, to allow us to understand the request and respond to it appropriately. Please note that we cannot reply to your request or provide you with personal information unless we verify your identity or authority to make such a request and confirm that the personal information relates to you. We will make all attempts to respond to your request within 30 days of receipt.
This privacy notice for California residents supplements the information included in the previous sections of this privacy policy. California and Delaware law also require us to state whether we honour “Do Not Track” settings in your browser regarding targeted advertising and whether we do not monitor or respond to Do Not Track browser requests.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, and we strive to follow general commercial industry standards to protect your personal information submitted to us voluntarily and automatically. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. When you make a credit card purchase or purchase through any means on the Website, you will be directed to a third-party vendor to complete the transaction. Any information you provide during the checkout process is not stored on our Website but instead provided to the third-party vendor that completes the purchase transaction.
By using this Website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that we cannot be held responsible for disclosing your information through our Website without our knowledge and consent.
Privacy Policy Updates
This privacy policy is effective as of December 8, 2020, and will be updated and modified as needed. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to check for future updates to this policy. Any modifications to this privacy policy will be effective upon our publishing of the new terms, and your continued use of our Website after posting any updates constitutes your acceptance of our modified privacy policy.
Contact
For any questions or comments regarding the privacy policy, please contact us at info@cindykrauklis.com.