Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 02 June 2022
We respect your privacy and this privacy policy describes how we collect, use, share and protect the personal information you provide when you access our website, purchase goods or services, or engage with us on social media, as well as your own rights to the information we collect.
We will periodically update our privacy policy so we suggest checking in the see if anything has changed. You can see when it was last updated with the date above. You are deemed to have accepted any changes by your continued use of our website after the revised Privacy Policy is published on our website.
Who we are
Our website address is: http://growdesigninfluence.com
What we collect
We collect information from you when you comment, fill out a form or subscribe to our newsletter. When ordering or registering on our site, you may be asked to enter the following information:
- name
- e-mail address
- mailing address
- phone number
Comments
If you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
We use cookies. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you allow it) that enable the sites or service providers’ systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information.
If you leave a comment on our site, 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. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, 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.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Security
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive / credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorised with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.
After a transaction, your private information (credit cards etc) will not be stored on our servers.
What we use your information for
Any information we collect may be used in the following ways:
- To personalise or improve your experience
- To process transactions
- To send periodic emails
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not sell, trade or transfer your data to outside parties. This does not include third parties who assist us with operating our website, conducting our business or providing a service to you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect our or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Terms and Conditions
Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section which you will find a link to in the footer.
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.
Contact Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us at anne@growdesigninfluence.com