Privacy Policy
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SECTION 1 – WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously and keep this confidential.
When you enter your information for a digital download or purchase a product from our shop, we collect some personal information such as your first and last name, email address, phone number and in some cases your address. You will manually enter this information as part of the downloading or purchasing process. If you visit our website, we automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address, which provides us information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
If you enter your email address to subscribe or receive a digital download, we will send you emails when there is a new post, updates to our website, or new products available.
SECTION 2 – CONSENT
How do we receive your consent?
When you enter your personal information to subscribe, receive a digital download, place an order, complete a transaction, verify your credit card, or schedule a delivery or return, this implies that you consent to our collection and use of this information for that specific reason only.
You may be asked to provide your personal information at a different time such as for marketing, and you will be directly asked if you consent to receiving emails or mail and will be given the opportunity to refuse consent.
Withdrawing Consent: If you decide you no longer want us to contact you, use, or disclose your information, you can withdraw your consent at anytime by one of the following methods:
Using the Contact Us page on our website
Email: pomskydogblog@gmail.com
Mail: PO Box 317, Brainerd, MN 56401
SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE
We will only disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law or if you violate our Terms of Service.
The Pomsky Dog Blog LLC may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Pomsky Dog Blog LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising products and including links to products on Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Pomsky Dog Blog LLC will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visit fro the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
SECTION 4 – SQUARESPACE
Our store uses Squarespace Ecommerce. They provide the platform that allows us to sell products and provide a secure checkout. Customers can create an account to save their email, shipping and billing information for faster checkout.
Payment: We accept payments through Stripe and Paypal. Stripe is a secure payment processor that is a certified PCI Service Provider Level 1. This means that Stripe uses high level security tools and practices to ensure customers’ information remains secure. On Stripe’s website they state that “All card numbers are encrypted at rest with AES-256.” This means the credit card numbers are encrypted and high levels of security do not allow them to be shared.
For more information about Stripe’s security visit https://stripe.com/docs/security
You can also view Paypal’s privacy practices at https://www.paypal.com/re/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
SECTION 5 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
Third-party providers that we use will be provided only your personal information that is needed for them to perform their designated services. Some third-party services we use have their own privacy policy, which may require more personal information to be shared with them. We recommend you read these privacy policies, such as those listed above, to ensure that you are well informed about how your personal information will be used by those service providers. There may be some service providers that are located in a different country or location that has different laws about how information is shared. For example, if you purchase something that uses a payment gateway located in the United States, your personal information will fall under the United States legislation, which includes the Patriot Act. However, if you purchase something that uses a Canadian based payment processor or other services, there will be different federal laws protecting user privacy.
If you click a link or are redirected to an external site, you are no longer governed under this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service. Links may direct you away from our website, and these websites will have their own privacy statement that you can review.
SECTION 6 – SECURITY
We take your personal information very seriously and take precautions and follow best practices to ensure your information is not lost, accessed, disclosed, altered, misused, or destroyed. As stated in Section 4, credit card information is encrypted with AES-256 encryption to make sure your information is secured. Our website follows PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional security measures to provide the utmost levels of security.
SECTION 7 – COOKIES
Below is a list of cookies our website uses to provide us with useful information about customer patterns and access:
If you click on an affiliate link for a product on Amazon.com, there will be an Amazon cookie on your browser that lasts for 24 hours after the link has been clicked.
Additional cookies used to help our site operate include:
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SECTION 8 – AGE OF CONSENT
Our site does not collect personal identifiable information from minors or children. We expect that the user of this site is at least the age of majority required by their state or province of residence. If a minor or dependent is using this site, we expect the minor has received consent from an adult to access this site. If a minor’s information is mistakenly provided when subscribing to emails, accessing downloads, or purchasing items, the parent or guardian may contact us by emailing us at pomskydogblog@gmail.com to remove the information and unsubscribe the minor from any electronic marketing lists.
SECTION 9 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Please review the privacy policy often, as we reserve the right to adjust the privacy statement at any time to maintain accuracy. If the privacy policy is updated, the changes and clarifications will take effect immediately. If the privacy policy has a significant change, you will be notified that the policy has been updated. We value transparency, and believe it is important to notify users when there are significant updates with what information we collect, how it is used, and if or when it would ever need to be disclosed.
QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Please contact us at pomskydogblog@gmail.com if you would like to correct, access, or delete personal information we have stored about you. You can also use this email address to request more information, ask questions, or register a complaint.