Privacy Statement
Revised: Jan 27, 2023
1. What information do we collect and what do we do with it?
When you share or subscribe to our website, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name and email address.
Email marketing: we may send you emails about our site, survey you about your usage, or collect your opinion.
2. How do you get my consent?
When you provide us with personal information on our site or make a purchase, you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.
If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.
3. How do I withdraw my consent?
If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at privacy@sarahscala.com
4. Disclosure
Generally, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent, with the exception of the following circumstances:
a. We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so
b. In order to enforce our rights if you violate our Terms of Service.
c. We may disclose your information to third parties that work with us in order to provide you with the products and services provided here.
Any information disclosed will be used solely in connection with these uses and for no other purpose.
5. Payment:
If you make a purchase on our site, we use a third-party payment processor such as Stripe or PayPal. Payments are encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. We do not have access to the information that you furnish to the third-party payment processor. We are not responsible for any use or misuse of the information by the processor. Credit card companies have their own privacy policies,
All direct payment gateways 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 credit card information by our site and its service providers.
6. Squarespace and other Third-Party Services: Links
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
Our site is hosted by Squarespace. They provide us with an online platform that allows us to store our website.
Your data is stored through Squarespace’s data storage and databases. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.
However, Squarespace and certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. When you click on links on our website, they may direct you away from our site.
For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers. For more insight, you may also want to read Squarespace’s Terms of Service here https://www.squarespace.com/terms-of-service or Privacy Statement here https://www.squarespace.com/privacy .
Certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. If you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
7. Security
No method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
Cookies
We collect cookies or similar tracking technologies. This means information that our website’s server transfers to your computer. This information can be used to track your session on our website. Cookies may also be used to customize our website content for you as an individual. If you are using one of the common Internet web browsers, you can set up your browser to either let you know when you receive a cookie or to deny cookie access to your computer.
We use cookies to recognize your device and provide you with a personalized experience.
We also use cookies to attribute visits to our websites to third-party sources and to serve targeted ads from Google and other third-party vendors.
Our third-party advertisers use cookies to track your prior visits to our websites and elsewhere on the Internet in order to serve you targeted ads. For more information about targeted or behavioral advertising, please visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising.
Opting out: You can opt out of targeted ads served via specific third-party vendors by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Opt-Out page.
We may also use automated tracking methods on our websites, in communications with you, and in our products and services, to measure performance and engagement.
Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.
Web Analysis Tools
We may use web analysis tools that are built into the Sarah A. Scala website to measure and collect anonymous session information.
8. Age of Consent
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence.
9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our site is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information, contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at privacy@sarahscala.com