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Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 21, 2021

This Privacy Policy describes policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use this website, telling you about your privacy rights, and how the law protects you.

We use your personal data to provide and improve this website. By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to adrienneholton.com.

  • Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

  • Country refers to: Georgia, United States

  • Device means any device that can access this website such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the Website.

  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of this website. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed or used by the website to facilitate services, to provide service on behalf of this website, to perform services related to the website, or to assist us in analyzing how the website is used.

  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the website or from the infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • Website refers to https://www.adrienneholton.com/

  • You means the individual accessing or using the website, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the website, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using this website, you may be asked to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address

  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the website.

Usage Data may include information such as your device's internet protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the page(s) of the website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access this website by or through a mobile device, certain information may be collected automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Information may be collected that your browser sends whenever you visit this website or when you access the website by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on the website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your Device. Cookies are small pieces of data stored on user’s personal computers for web browsing and reference purposes. Google Analytics is used, click link for more information: How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps. Cookies, identifiers for mobile devices (e.g., Android Advertising Identifier or Advertising Identifier for iOS) or similar technology may be used to collect data. Many browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the function of a website, including this site.Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies. Google Analytics is used to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or your activity on the site. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read "Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?" available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of the website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the site, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
  • Necessary / Essential Cookies

    Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these Cookies to provide you with those services.

  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

  • Functionality Cookies

    Type: Persistent Cookies

    Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the Website.

  • For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

    Use of Your Personal Data

    The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

    • To provide and maintain our service, including to monitor the usage of our service.

    • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services you have purchased or of any other contract with us through the website/service.

    • To contact you: To contact you by email, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

    • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.

    • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage your requests.

    • For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our website, products, services, marketing and your experience.

    We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

    • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of this website.
    • With other users: when you share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users. Your privacy is valued. That being said, I am not responsible for the privacy practices of blog commenters or other viewers if you give personally identifiable information while commenting. This website may contain links to other sites that are not controlled in any way by this site. Please be aware when you click on any such links; I am not responsible for the privacy practices and/or policies of any website other than my own.
    • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

    Retention of Your Personal Data

    Your Personal Data will be retained only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

    The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

    Transfer of Your Personal Data

    Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the website's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

    Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

    All steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information will be taken.

    Disclosure of Your Personal Data

    Law enforcement

    Under certain circumstances, may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

    Other legal requirements

    The Company may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

    • Comply with a legal obligation
    • Protect and defend the rights or property of the company
    • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website
    • Protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public
    • Protect against legal liability

    Security of Your Personal Data

    The security of Your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While measures are taken to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, absolute security cannot be guaranteed. By using this site or services, you are deemed to consent to the privacy policy.

    Children's Privacy

    We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, steps will be taken to remove that information from our servers.

    If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information.

    Links to Other Websites

    This website may contain links to other websites. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. It is strongly advised you review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

    We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

    Changes to this Privacy Policy

    Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. You will be notified of any changes by the posting of a new Privacy Policy on this page.

    You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

    Contact

    If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact: