Online Privacy Notice
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Site. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of the Site after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Introduction.
Web Site Owner. Blue Tide Creative, LLC (“BTC”) is the owner of the website located at the URL www.bluetidecreative.co (the “Site”). You may contact BTC by e-mail at erin@bluetidecreative.co. This online privacy notice discloses BTC’s information practices for this Site, including what type of personal identifiable information BTC requests to make a purchase, how BTC uses this information, and with whom BTC shares the information.
Web Site Visits. In general, you can visit the Site without disclosing any personal information. Through the combination of both internal and third-party tracking codes as well as cookies, BTC tracks the following categories of information when a visitor enters this Site: (1) IP address; (2) the pages on the Site visited and time spent on each page; (3) the web browser used to access the Site; (4) the operating system used to access the Site; and (5) location data (collectively “Anonymous Data”). Anonymous Data does not collect information that identifies you as an individual. BTC uses Anonymous Data for general marketing purposes and to help enhance customer experience on this Site.
Web Site Transactions. At times, BTC will need personal information regarding a customer or a prospect. For example, to process an order or provide a subscription, BTC may need to know a customer's name, mailing address, e-mail address and credit card details. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact with you, BTC will respect your wishes. BTC does not collect any personal information (other than Anonymous Data) unless you freely provide it to us.
Personal Information We May Collect.
Identifying Information. In order to make a purchase and/or access designated subscriber services and/or restricted areas within the Site, BTC will request a user to provide certain personal identifying information, which may include name, postal address, e-mail address, password, telephone number, method of payment, and, if applicable, credit card number. BTC may request additional information as necessary to establish and maintain a customer’s account.
Information from Children. The Site is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on the Site, register on the Site, make any purchases through the Site, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.
Links to Other Websites. The Site may contain links to other websites. If you choose to visit any linked web sites, BTC is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of those other websites. It is your responsibility to review the privacy policies at those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their policies.
How We Use Your Information.
General Uses. BTC will use personal information it collects for the following purposes: to present the Site and its contents to you; to provide you with information, products, or services that you request from it; to provide notices about your account or products or services purchased from BTC; to carry out and enforce its rights under any contract, including for billing and collections purposes; in any other way BTC may describe when you provide such information; and for any other purpose with your consent.
Marketing Uses. Unless you opt out as instructed on the Site, BTC reserves the right to provide you with information about BTC's Site, products and services, and related information in which you have indicated an interest. BTC, or selected third parties on BTC's behalf, may also collect, use, analyze and/or process information you provide to the Site for marketing and other business purposes.
Stored Information Uses. BTC stores and retains the information provided by its customers. BTC and its agents use stored information: to support customer interaction with the Site; to deliver customer purchases; and/or to contact customer again about other BTC services and products.
Online Advertising. Some companies that help BTC deliver interactive on-line advertising, such as banner ads, may collect and use information about BTC's customers to help BTC better understand the types of advertising or promotions that are most appealing to BTC's customers. After it is collected the information is aggregated so it is not identifiable to a specific individual.
When We Disclose Your Information.
General Disclosure. BTC never shares, sells, or rents your personal information (except as allowed in this Privacy Notice) without your permission. BTC may disclose aggregated or Anonymous Data that does not identify any individual without restriction.
Third-Party Service Providers. BTC employs or engages other companies and individuals to perform business functions on its behalf. BTC may share personal identifying information with these persons as required for them to perform their functions. However, these service providers do not have any independent right to share your information (except pursuant to a legal requirement such as a subpoena or warrant).
Mergers and Acquisitions. If another company acquires the assets related to this Site, the information we collect may be among the assets transferred.
Marketing Analysis by Third Parties. BTC reserves the right to disclose personal information about customers for marketing analysis; however, any information disclosed will be in the form of aggregate data that does not describe or identify an individual customer.
Disclosure to Governmental Authorities. Under certain circumstances, personal information may be subject to disclosure pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants or orders.
Protection Rights. BTC may disclose information collected to enforce or apply its terms of use, terms of sale, and other contracts, including for billing and collection purposes. It may also disclose information collected if it believes disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of BTC, its customers, employees, or others.
Information Security. BTC has security measures in place to minimize the loss, misuse, destruction, and alteration of the information that you provide us with or that we obtain from you. We will have no liability, however, to you or to any third party arising out of any such loss, misuse, destruction, or alternation.
Use of Computer Tracking Technologies.
Use of Cookies. BTC, or its third-party vendors, collects non-identifiable and personal information using various technologies, including "cookies." A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier that a web site can transfer to a customer's hard drive through customer's browser. The cookie is then stored on customer's computer as an anonymous tag that identifies the customer's computer, but not the customer. Cookies may be sent by BTC or its third-party vendors. You can set your browser to notify you before a cookie is received, giving you an opportunity to decide whether to accept the cookie. You may also set your browser to turn off cookies; however, some web sites may not then work properly.
Use of Web Beacon Technologies. BTC may also use Web beacon or other technologies to better tailor its Site to provide better customer service. If these technologies are in use, when a visitor accesses these pages of the Site, a non-identifiable notice of that visit is generated which BTC or its suppliers may process. Web beacons usually work in conjunction with cookies. If you do not want cookie information to be associated with your visits to these pages, you can set your browser to turn off cookies. Web beacon and other technologies will still detect visits to these pages, but the notices they generate cannot be associated with other non-identifiable cookie information and are disregarded.
Collection of Non-Identifiable Information. BTC may collect non-identifiable information from user visits to the Site to provide better customer service. Examples of such collecting include traffic analysis, such as tracking of the domains from which users visit or tracking numbers of visitors; measuring visitor activity on the Site; web site and system administration; user analysis; and business decision making. Such information is sometimes known as "clickstream data." BTC or its contractors may use this data to analyze trends and statistics.
Collection of Personal Information. BTC collects personal identifying information from customers during a transaction. BTC may extract some personally identifying information about that transaction in a non-identifiable format and combine it with other non-identifiable information, such as clickstream data. BTC uses and analyzes this information only at an aggregate level (not at an individual level) to help BTC understand trends and patterns. BTC does not review this information on an individual level.
Privacy Policy Changes and Opt-Out Rights.
Changes to Privacy Policy. BTC reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update or modify this Privacy Notice, by posting such change, update, or modification on this Site. Any such change, update or modification will be effective immediately upon posting. You are responsible for periodically visiting this Privacy Notice to check for any changes.
Accountability.
Questions, Problems and Complaints. If you have a question or comment about this Privacy Notice or about BTC compliance with this privacy notice, you may contact us by e-mail at erin@bluetidecreative.co.