PRIVACY POLICY
Scatter the Sun and Samantha Dickey (“Company”), owner of www.scatterthesun.com is is dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information, and this privacy policy informs you of the practices and policies regarding the personal data that is collected from you on scatterthesun.com (hereinafter the “website”) and how it is used. By using www.scatterthesun.com, referred to as this “Site”, all visitors, referred to as “user,” “you,” and “your” you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy policy. Accessing this Site constitutes a use of the Site and an acceptance to the Privacy Policy provided herein. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
To access or use the Site, you must be 18 years or older, reside in the United States and have the requisite power and authority to enter into these Terms of Service. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using this website. All information and content on this website is intended for individuals over the age of 18 that reside in the United States. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information from children under the age of 18 without prior parental or guardian consent. If you believe personal information is collected from someone under the age of 18 without parental or guardian consent, then please contact us to have that information deleted.
COLLECTED INFORMATION AND IT’S USE
When you access this website, you may provide certain personally identifiable information including but not limited to your name, email address, phone number, address and credit card information when you make a purchase. This information is collected when you place an order, subscribe to a newsletter or opt-in, contact us, use the search feature on the website, provide comments or any other feedback, fill out a form or enter any other information on the website to communicate with us. Occasionally, we may also collect information that you submit when you participate in any online surveys that we may post on our website. Our Company processes and stores your personal data for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for. Your personal information is used to customize your experience to ensure that our content is presented in the most effective manner, improve the website to better serve you, provide customer service support through correspondence (email, text message and phone), efficiently process your requests or transactions, tailor advertisements to you, monitor infrastructure, interact with external social networks and platforms, manage contacts and send messages and periodic newsletters, provide you with offers, information, and promotions that may be of interest to you. We may also use this information to provide you offers and promotions from our partners and/or our affiliates in exchange for a commission without additional cost to you.
Log Data
Like many websites, our Company automatically collects information that your browser sends whenever you visit this Site through Log Data and Google Analytics. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. Similarly, Google Analytics collects certain information about your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, 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 behavior and interests, improve our performance and your use of the website and to further enhance the products and services we offer to you.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMENTING
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. When you leave a comment, your name, email address and website/organization name is 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, Twitter, YouTube, and so forth) can track your personal information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media, please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information. 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 kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others.
COOKIE USAGE
This website may use cookies to facilitate your use of the Site. Cookies are files with small amounts of data including an anonymous unique identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you are viewing the website. Similar to 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 and to optimize your browsing experience. If you have an account and you 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. This information is only collected to better serve and understand your user experience on the website. You have the option of turning off cookies on your computer should you wish to do so. If you choose to do that, you may not be able to view all features and content of this website. In addition to what is specified in this privacy policy, the user can manage preferences for cookies directly from within their own browser and prevent – for example – third parties from installing cookies. Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete cookies installed in the past, including the cookies that may have saved the initial consent for the installation of cookies by this Site. Users can, for example, find information about how to manage cookies in the most commonly used browsers (e.g. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Internet Explorer) on the website of the browser of choice. With regard to cookies installed by third parties, users can manage their preferences and withdrawal of their consent by clicking the related opt-out link (if provided), by using the means provided in the third party’s privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
THIRD PARTIES
We may include, offer or advertise third party links, products or services on this website. Once you click on a third party link and leave this website, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, advertisements, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way 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 have no control over these third parties and they have their own 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. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist in operating this website, conducting business, or serving our users so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s appropriate to comply with the law, enforce site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
As a general rule, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent with the exception of the following circumstances:
You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receiving newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials and any other content related to this website. When you send an email, your email message along with email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. 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.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/or purchase any products or services through our website. Please see Opt Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.
OPT OUT
Our Company complies 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” in the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting us. For third party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or opt out from their communications.
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. This website is scanned on a regular basis for security vulnerabilities in order to make your visit as safe as possible. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and we implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security of your information. When you make a credit card purchase on the website, you will be directed to a third party vendor to complete all transactions. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and any information you provide during the checkout process is not stored or processed on our servers. By using this website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and for any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that we cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through our website without our knowledge and consent.
YOUR RIGHTS
All users have the right to do the following:
• Withdraw their consent at any time where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their personal data.
• Users have the right to object to the processing of their data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
• Users have the right to learn if data is being processed by us, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the data undergoing processing.
• Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
• Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their data. In this case, we will not process their data for any purpose other than storing it.
• Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their data from me.
• Users have the right to receive their data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any undue delay.
• Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection supervisory authority.
PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 5/30/2022 and will be updated and altered 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 the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of our modified privacy policy.
For any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].
Scatter the Sun and Samantha Dickey (“Company”), owner of www.scatterthesun.com is is dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information, and this privacy policy informs you of the practices and policies regarding the personal data that is collected from you on scatterthesun.com (hereinafter the “website”) and how it is used. By using www.scatterthesun.com, referred to as this “Site”, all visitors, referred to as “user,” “you,” and “your” you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy policy. Accessing this Site constitutes a use of the Site and an acceptance to the Privacy Policy provided herein. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
To access or use the Site, you must be 18 years or older, reside in the United States and have the requisite power and authority to enter into these Terms of Service. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using this website. All information and content on this website is intended for individuals over the age of 18 that reside in the United States. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information from children under the age of 18 without prior parental or guardian consent. If you believe personal information is collected from someone under the age of 18 without parental or guardian consent, then please contact us to have that information deleted.
COLLECTED INFORMATION AND IT’S USE
When you access this website, you may provide certain personally identifiable information including but not limited to your name, email address, phone number, address and credit card information when you make a purchase. This information is collected when you place an order, subscribe to a newsletter or opt-in, contact us, use the search feature on the website, provide comments or any other feedback, fill out a form or enter any other information on the website to communicate with us. Occasionally, we may also collect information that you submit when you participate in any online surveys that we may post on our website. Our Company processes and stores your personal data for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for. Your personal information is used to customize your experience to ensure that our content is presented in the most effective manner, improve the website to better serve you, provide customer service support through correspondence (email, text message and phone), efficiently process your requests or transactions, tailor advertisements to you, monitor infrastructure, interact with external social networks and platforms, manage contacts and send messages and periodic newsletters, provide you with offers, information, and promotions that may be of interest to you. We may also use this information to provide you offers and promotions from our partners and/or our affiliates in exchange for a commission without additional cost to you.
Log Data
Like many websites, our Company automatically collects information that your browser sends whenever you visit this Site through Log Data and Google Analytics. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. Similarly, Google Analytics collects certain information about your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, 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 behavior and interests, improve our performance and your use of the website and to further enhance the products and services we offer to you.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMENTING
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. When you leave a comment, your name, email address and website/organization name is 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, Twitter, YouTube, and so forth) can track your personal information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media, please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information. 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 kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others.
COOKIE USAGE
This website may use cookies to facilitate your use of the Site. Cookies are files with small amounts of data including an anonymous unique identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you are viewing the website. Similar to 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 and to optimize your browsing experience. If you have an account and you 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. This information is only collected to better serve and understand your user experience on the website. You have the option of turning off cookies on your computer should you wish to do so. If you choose to do that, you may not be able to view all features and content of this website. In addition to what is specified in this privacy policy, the user can manage preferences for cookies directly from within their own browser and prevent – for example – third parties from installing cookies. Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete cookies installed in the past, including the cookies that may have saved the initial consent for the installation of cookies by this Site. Users can, for example, find information about how to manage cookies in the most commonly used browsers (e.g. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Internet Explorer) on the website of the browser of choice. With regard to cookies installed by third parties, users can manage their preferences and withdrawal of their consent by clicking the related opt-out link (if provided), by using the means provided in the third party’s privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
THIRD PARTIES
We may include, offer or advertise third party links, products or services on this website. Once you click on a third party link and leave this website, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, advertisements, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way 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 have no control over these third parties and they have their own 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. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist in operating this website, conducting business, or serving our users so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s appropriate to comply with the law, enforce site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
As a general rule, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent with the exception of the following circumstances:
- We may disclose your information to our trusted third parties that work with us such as our website hosting partners, email marketing service provider, 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.
- We may disclose your information in order to comply with state or federal regulations related to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal claims related to the website.
- We may disclose your information to our successor and/or acquiring party in the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution or partial sale in the future. However, your personal information will be transferred to the acquiring party in accordance with this privacy policy.
You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receiving newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials and any other content related to this website. When you send an email, your email message along with email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. 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.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/or purchase any products or services through our website. Please see Opt Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.
OPT OUT
Our Company complies 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” in the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting us. For third party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or opt out from their communications.
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. This website is scanned on a regular basis for security vulnerabilities in order to make your visit as safe as possible. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and we implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security of your information. When you make a credit card purchase on the website, you will be directed to a third party vendor to complete all transactions. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and any information you provide during the checkout process is not stored or processed on our servers. By using this website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and for any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that we cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through our website without our knowledge and consent.
YOUR RIGHTS
All users have the right to do the following:
• Withdraw their consent at any time where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their personal data.
• Users have the right to object to the processing of their data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
• Users have the right to learn if data is being processed by us, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the data undergoing processing.
• Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
• Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their data. In this case, we will not process their data for any purpose other than storing it.
• Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their data from me.
• Users have the right to receive their data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any undue delay.
• Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection supervisory authority.
PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
This Privacy Policy is effective as of 5/30/2022 and will be updated and altered 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 the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of our modified privacy policy.
For any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].