WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 28, 2020
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PURPOSE OF POLICY. Home with Montessori, LLC (“us,” “we,” or “Company”) is committed to respecting the privacy rights of its customers, visitors, and other users of the Company Website (the “Site”). We created this Website Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) to give you confidence as you visit and use the Site, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. This Policy is only applicable to the Site and any offline location where we make this Policy available to you, and not to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Site, each of which may have data collection and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Policy.
1.2. NOTICE CONCERNING CHILDREN
PLEASE NOTE: We are a general audience site, and do not direct any of our content specifically at children under 13 years of age. We understand and are committed to respecting the sensitive nature of children’s privacy online. If we learn or have reason to suspect that a Site user is under age 13, we will promptly delete any personal information in that user’s account.
2. INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES
2.1. WHAT BASIC INFORMATION DOES THE COMPANY COLLECT?
In operating the Site, Company may include registration, online surveys, and other online forms that ask users to provide their names, e-mail addresses, and other contact information.
2.2. WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DOES COMPANY COLLECT?
(a) AUTOMATIC COLLECTION. Our servers automatically recognize visitors’ domain names and IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on the Internet). No personal information about you is revealed in this process. The Site may also gather anonymous “traffic data” that does not personally identify you, but that may be helpful for marketing purposes or for improving the services we offer.
(b) COOKIES. From time to time, we may use the standard “cookies” feature of major browser applications that allows us to store a small piece of data on your computer about your visit to our Web site. We do not set any personally identifiable information in cookies, nor do we employ any data capture mechanisms on our website other than cookies. Cookies help us learn which areas of our site are useful and which areas need improvement. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings on your browser. However, if you choose to disable this function, your experience at our Web site may be diminished and some features may not work as they were intended.
3. USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION
3.1. WHAT DOES COMPANY DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION?
(a) PERSONAL INFORMATION. We will not share your personal information with any third parties without your consent, except as necessary to provide you with the services offered by us or to comply with the law. We may use your personal information to verify your identity, to check your qualifications, or to follow up with transactions initiated on the Site. We may also use your contact information to inform you of any changes to the Site, or to send you additional information about Company.
(b) ANONYMOUS INFORMATION. We use anonymous information to analyze our Site traffic, but we do not examine this information for individually identifying information. In addition, we may use anonymous IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our site, or to display the content according to your preferences. Traffic and transaction information may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate and anonymous basis.
(c) USE OF COOKIES. We may use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password so you don’t have to re-enter it each time you visit our site, or for other purposes. Promotions, affiliate links, or advertisements displayed on our site may contain cookies. We do not have access to or control over information collected by outside advertisers on our site.
(d) DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may disclose personal information that you provide via this Website to the following third parties:
ï Our subsidiaries, affiliates, and joint venture partners; and
ï Contractors, vendors, and service providers we use to support our business and this Website.
We may also disclose personal information that you provide via this Website in the event of a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of our assets, in which case personal information we collect via this Website will be among the assets transferred to the buyer. Further, we may disclose your personal information to third parties to
ï Comply with any court order or other legal obligation;
ï Enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; and
ï Protect the rights, property, or safety of our business, our clients, customers, employees, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection, information security, and other related matters.
4. FOR RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) provides additional rights to residents of California regarding our information collection and use practices.
4.1 CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED
We identify below the categories of personal information that we have collected about our users in the last 12 months, using the categories provided in the CCPA.
ï Identifiers
ï Customer Records Information
ï Commercial Information
ï Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information
ï Inferences
For more detail on the information we collect, including the sources we receive information from, please refer to our Information Collection Practices above. We collect and use these categories of personal information for the business purposes described in the Information Collection Practices section above.
4.2 CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION SOLD
We do not sell your personal information as defined under the CCPA.
4.3 RIGHTS OF CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
A. Right to Know
You have the right to know certain details about our data practices in the past 12 months. In particular, you may request the following from us:
ï The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
ï The categories of sources from which the personal information was collected;
ï The categories of personal information about you we disclosed for a business purpose or sold;
ï The categories of third parties to whom the personal information was disclosed for a business purpose or sold;
ï The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the personal information; and
ï The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
To exercise the Right to Know, please submit a request through our Online Form or send an e-mail to lucie@homewithmontessori.com. In the request, please specify which right you are seeking to exercise and the scope of the request. We will confirm receipt of your request within 10 days. We may require specific information from you to help us verify your identity and process your request. If we are unable to verify your identity, we may deny your requests to know.
B. Right to Delete
You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you in the last 12 months. To exercise the Right to Delete, please submit a request, please send an e-mail to lucie@homewithmontessori.com. We will confirm receipt of your request within 10 days. We may require specific information from you to help us verify your identity and process your request. If we are unable to verify your identity, we may deny your request to delete. If we deny your request, we will explain the reason why in our response.
C. Right to Opt-Out
You have the right to tell us not to sell your information at any time. We do not sell your information, and if you have any questions you can contact us at lucie@homewithmontessori.com.
D. Right to Non-discrimination
You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for exercising any of your rights.
E. Authorized Agent
You can designate an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf. However, we will require written proof of the agent’s permission to do so and verify your identity directly.
F. Notice of Financial Incentives
Financial incentives are programs, benefits, or other offerings, including payments to consumers as compensation, for the disclosure, deletion, or sale of personal information about them.
We offer an e-book in exchange for your name and e-mail address.
5. SECURITY
The Site has security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that we obtain from you, but we make no assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, to you or to any third party arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration.
6. WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND COMPANY’S CONTROL
6.1. PUBLIC FORUMS
The Site may include interactive forums such as message boards and chat rooms. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
6.2. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Site may contain links to other websites. If you choose to visit other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those other websites, and it is your responsibility to review the privacy policies at those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their policies.
7. CONTACT INFORMATION AND POLICY UPDATES
7.1. CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this Policy, our practices related to this Site, or if you would like to have us remove your information from our database, please feel contact us at the following e-mail address:
lucie@homewithmontessori.com
7.2. UPDATES AND CHANGES
We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. It is your responsibility to review this Policy from time to time to ensure that you continue to agree with all of its terms.