Privacy Policy
Last updated on: June 27, 2024.
Thanks for visiting my website! Your privacy is important to me (Sabrina Estudillo Butler), and I have this Privacy Policy in place to protect you.
Please carefully read this entire Privacy Policy before using https://casualcontemplations.com (“Website”), all related websites, products, services, and related mobile applications (the “Services”), (collectively, the “Site”). By using the Website you consent to this Privacy Policy. This means that you accept, agree to be bound, and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy cease use of this Website immediately.
My Privacy Policy spells out my commitment to respecting the privacy of the members and visitors to my Site. I reserve the right to change this policy at any time, which I’ll do through online posting or an email message sent directly to you. I am very careful with what I do with your information.
This Privacy Policy governs your access to and use of https://casualcontemplations.com, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through this Website whether as a guest or a registered user. This Privacy Policy also describes how I collect and use the personal information you provide to me on our Site. It also describes the choices available to you regarding my use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
I collect personal information from you through forms you may fill out on my Website, communications between you and me, responses you give to surveys, and other voluntary actions to provide an efficient, meaningful, and customized experience for you on the Site.
I collect the following personal information from you:
Contact Information such as name, email address, mailing address, and phone number
As is true of most websites, I may use automatic data collection technologies including, but not limited to, Google Analytics, Squarespace Analytics, and Facebook Pixel to collect information about your equipment and browsing behavior. This generally includes information about your IP address, time and date of visit, browser type, pages visited on our Website, operating system, platform,
This information I collect automatically is used for statistical data and will not include personal information. I use this data to improve my Website.
I use this information to:
Send you a newsletter
Respond to your questions and concerns
Improve our website and marketing efforts
Conduct research and analysis
How Do I Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions?
I employ commercially reasonable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to me and the information I collect automatically. This includes using standard security protocols and working only with reputable third-party vendors.
Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, I request that you do not send private information to me by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Some of the information you may enter on our website may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL.
Information Sharing
I will never sell your personal information.
I will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement. I may share personal information with certain third parties in the U.S. that perform services on my behalf (like Squarespace). Those third parties are not authorized to use or disclose personal information you provide to me on or through this website for any purpose other than to perform the services designated by me.
I and my third-party service providers in the U.S. may also disclose your personal information:
As required or permitted by law such as to comply with a subpoena, in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry, order, or similar legal process;
To investigate both in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law;
When I believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, establish, exercise or defend a legal claim, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request;
To any other third party with your prior consent to do so.
If I engage in a joint promotion with an affiliate and/or partner, I may share your contact information with my affiliate and/or partner to be used in relation to the promotion.
I may share non-personal information (such as the number of daily visitors to a particular web page or the size of an order placed on a certain date) with third parties such as advertising partners. This information does not directly identify you or any user by name.
Third-Party Websites
My Site may contain links to third-party websites. When you click on a link to any other website or location, you will leave my Site and go to another site, and another entity may collect personal information from you. I have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites or content, or to any collection of your personal information after you click on links to such outside websites. I encourage you to read the privacy policies of every website you visit. The links to third-party websites or locations are for your convenience and do not signify my endorsement of such third parties or their products, content, or websites.
Cookies and Pixels
This Site uses cookies and other tracking. Cookies are small text files of information stored by the Internet browser on your computer's hard drive. For example, I may use cookies to collect browsing data to keep track of your preferences and profile information and to collect general usage and volume statistical information. My cookies do not collect personal or confidential information and are not spyware. Some of my cookies are served by us, and some are served by third parties who are delivering services on my behalf.
You may set your Internet web browser to refuse cookies or to remove cookies from your hard drive. You can also learn more about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org, which includes additional useful information on cookies and how to block them using different browsers. By blocking or deleting cookies used on our website and mobile application, you may not be able to take full advantage of my services.
I reserve the right to use technological equivalents of cookies, including social media pixels. These pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites so as to tailor advertising messages users see while visiting that social media website. I reserve the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policies of the various social media sites.
Email Policies
I am committed to keeping your email address confidential. I do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties, and will not disclose your email address to any third parties except as allowed in the section titled Information Sharing.
I will maintain the information you send via email in accordance with applicable federal law.
In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all emails sent from me will clearly state who the email is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all email messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from my mailing list so that you receive no further email communication from me.
My emails provide users the opportunity to opt out of receiving communications from me and my partners by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of any email they receive from me at any time.
Users who no longer wish to receive my newsletter or promotional materials may opt out of receiving these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the email.
Notification of Privacy Statement Changes
I may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
Non-United States Visitors
If you are a non-U.S. user of the Site, by visiting the Site and providing me with data, you acknowledge and agree that your personal information may be processed for the purposes identified in the Privacy Policy. In addition, your personal information may be processed in the country in which it was collected and in other countries, including the United States where laws regarding processing of personal information may be less stringent than the laws in your country and where your personal information may be accessed by the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities as required under the laws of those jurisdictions. By providing your data, you consent to such transfer.
GDPR
If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:
I will retain any information you choose to provide to me until the earlier of: (a) you asking me to delete the information, (b) my decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) I decide that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the costs of retaining it.
You have the right to request access to your data that the Company stores and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.
You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.
To the extent that you 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 that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.
I require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you. I will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with me.
For further information on each of these rights (including the circumstances in which they may apply), see the guidance from the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on individual rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.
I hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information. The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live, or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred.
Exercising your Privacy Rights & Contact Information
If you would like to exercise any of your rights as described in this Privacy Policy, please write me at:
Polished Words LLC
6641 W. Belmont Ave.
Unit #121
Chicago, Illinois 60634
I am not obligated to make a data access or data portability disclosure if I cannot verify that the person making the request is the person about whom I collected information, or is someone authorized to act on such person’s behalf.
Any personal information I collect from you to verify your identity in connection with your request will be used solely for the purposes of verification.
Children Under the Age of 13
This Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use.
If I learn I have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, I will delete that information. If you believe I might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact me at heythere (at) unpolishedwords (dot) com