PRIVACY POLICY
Birdhouse Interiors (“company”, “I”, “we” or “us”) is dedicated to
respecting the privacy of your personal information, and this
privacy policy describes what information is collected from you on
(hereinafter the “website”) and how it is used. The term “you”
refers to anyone who uses, visits and/or views the website. By
visiting and using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by
this privacy policy. Your continued use of the website after posting
of any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of
those changes and updates. You must not access or use the website if
you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
We respect the privacy of children and “child” means an individual
under the age of 13. All information and content on this website is
intended for individuals over the age of 18 that reside in the
United States. Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from
using this website. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose
personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior
parental or guardian consent. If you believe personal information is
collected from someone under the age of 13 without parental or
guardian consent, then please contact us to have that information
deleted.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW IT IS USED
When you access the website, you may provide certain personally
identifiable information including but not limited to your name,
email address, phone number, address, avatar image, credit card
information when you make a purchase on the website. This
information is collected when you register on the site, place an
order, subscribe to a newsletter, contact us, use the search feature
on the website, provide comments or any other feedback, fill out a
form or use live chat or enter any other information on the website
to communicate with us. From time to time, we may also collect
information that you submit when you participate in any online
surveys that we may post on our website. Your personal information
is used to personalize your experience, improve the website to
better serve you, provide customer service support, efficiently
process your requests or transactions, tailor advertisements to you,
elicit reviews of services or products, provide you offers,
promotions and to follow up with you through correspondence (email,
live chat, or phone). 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.
Additionally, like other websites, this website automatically
collects certain information about you through Log Data and Google
Analytics. Log Data is information about your computer’s Internet
Protocol Address, which is your “IP” address, browser information,
Internet Service Provider’s information, your operating system, and
your browser type. Similarly, Google Analytics collects certain
information about your location, browsing history, the pages you
visit, the 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 our products and
services offered to you.
COMMENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
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 are 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 the misuse of your information
by others.
USE OF COOKIES
The website may use cookies to facilitate your use of the website.
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. Just like 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 so
that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave
another comment. 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. We may use cookies for
various reasons such as optimizing and personalizing your browsing
experience, checking our website analytics, saving your preferences
and settings for future use, serving ads based on your liking and
interests, affiliate marketing and for posting comments on our
website. 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.
USE OF WEB BEACONS AND PIXELS
In conjunction with the use of cookies, third parties may also use
web beacons, which are also known as clear GIFs, web bugs or pixel
tags to collect general information about your use of our website.
They monitor user activity and are used to track customer behavior
data. This information may be relevant to third parties such as the
ad networks used on our website to tailor the advertising based on
your behavior and interests. We may use social media pixels to track
and collect general information about your use in compliance with
different social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc) for the
purpose of promoting products, tracking conversions, remarketing,
running target advertisements and so forth. Third parties like
Facebook may use their own cookies, web beacons and other
technologies to collect and receive information from our website for
the purpose of providing target advertisements. You may see our ads
on Facebook after you have visited our website.
THIRD PARTY LINKS AND USE
We may include, offer or advertise third party links, products or
services on the website. Once you click on a third party link and
leave this website, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy
and Terms and Conditions. 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 may use Google
Adsense advertising along with any other third party advertising on
the website. Google is a third party that also uses cookies to serve
ads on the website for the purpose of providing a positive user
experience. You can opt out of Google by visiting their privacy
policy. 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. You
also agree that your use of these third party websites is solely at
your risk.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
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.
EMAIL MARKETING
You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email
list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive
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. We do not envision offering goods or services to
individuals living in the European Union as outlined in the General
Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). If you are in the European
Union and opt in to receive any of our free products or services
and/or purchase any products or services through our website then
you will be subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you
affirmatively consent to it. Please see Opt Out section below should
you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us. But if
you are NOT in the European Union then 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
We comply 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. As for third party websites, please contact them
directly to unsubscribe and/or opt out from their communications.
GDPR VISITOR RIGHTS
Under the GDPR, if you are within the European Union, you are
entitled to certain rights and information listed below. We will
retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier
of: You ask us to delete the information by sending a request to
Anna@birdhouse-interiors.com. Please note that such requests may
result in you no longer being able to access paid or free content
previously provided to you.
Our decision to cease using our existing data providers. The Company
decides to no longer be in business or continue to offer the
services. The data is no longer needed to provide you service, is
too costly to maintain further retention, or the Company finds it
outdated.
You have the right to request access to your data that we store and
have the ability to access your personal data. You have the rights
to either rectify or erase your personal data. You have the right to
verify the accuracy of your personal data and have it corrected or
removed completely You have the right to seek restrictions on the
processing of your data. When you restrict the processing of your
data, we can store your data but cannot process it further. You have
the right to object to the processing of your data in certain
circumstances including but not limited to direct marketing,
profiling, scientific or historical research purposes, statistical
purposes, automated decision making and profiling and tasks based on
legitimate interests or in the public interest/exercise of official
authority. You have the right to the portability of your data. You
have the right to request your personal data from us, receive it and
transfer it to
another controller. You have the right to withdraw consent at any
time. If you have provided consent to the Company’s processing of
your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent 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. We require only the information that is reasonably
necessary to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you
to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of
entering into a contract with us.
SECURITY
The security of your personal information is important to us, and we
strive to follow generally commercial industry standards to protect
your personal information submitted to us voluntarily and
automatically. 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 or purchase
through any means on the website, you will be directed to a third
party vendor to complete the transaction. Any information you
provide during the checkout process is not stored on our website but
instead provided to the third party vendor that completes the
purchase transaction. 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.
PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
This privacy policy is effective as of 2023 and will be updated and
modified 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.
CONTACT
For any questions or comments regarding the privacy policy, please
contact us at
Anna@birdhouse-interiors.com.