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Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

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We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you.

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DISCLOSURE - Law Enforcement, Legal Requests, and Duties:

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We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service. Potterton Creative may disclose or otherwise allow access to your Personal Information pursuant to a legal request, such as a subpoena, legal proceedings, search warrant or court order, or in compliance with applicable laws, if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so, with or without notice to you.

 

We may also contact you if there are changes to this privacy policy. Your privacy is important to us.

 

PAYPAL and WIX Payments

We invoice using Wix Payments or PayPal. They provide us with the online platform that allows us to invoice you for services. Your data is stored through PayPal's data storage, databases, and the general PayPal or Wix Payments application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall. Potterton Creative does not save or store your payment information

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Payment: If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then PayPal or Wix Payments may store your credit card data. Payment Providers offer HTTPS secure access to most areas on their Services; the transmission of sensitive payment information (such as a credit card number) through their designated purchase forms is protected by an industry-standard SSL/TLS encrypted connection, and Wix regularly maintains a PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) certification.

 

View PayPal's Privacy Statement: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full​

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We will not sell, share, trade, or rent your information to anyone. We collect the following information from and about you:

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Subscriber Information is the information you voluntarily submit when you subscribe to Our blog, receive a newsletter, post comments on the website or blog, or enter a contest or giveaway. Registration Information may include, for example, name, email address, zip code, and country of origin.

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Public Information and Posts consist of comments or content that you voluntarily post to Our blog or website and the information about you that accompanies those posts or content, which may include a name, user name, comments, likes, status, profile information and picture. Public Information and Posts are always public, which means they are available to everyone and may be displayed in search results on external search engines.

 

Information from Social Media. We do not collect data from social media for use on Our website. However, if you voluntarily use social media to log in to Our blog or post comments, information such as posts, username, comments, likes, status, profile information, and picture, may show up on the Website, and may be public and show up in external search engines.  

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We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. If you subscribed to Our blog or newsletter, your email will be used for the sole purpose of receiving blog posts and/or newsletters. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request.

 

We use Wix to collect emails for the newsletter and subscriptions, and to send and deliver blog posts. Our subscription requires that you are consenting to provide your personal information (i.e. name and email) and that you are consenting to receive emails. You will receive a confirmation email upon subscribing. When registering to Our blog via WIX in order to subscribe or have the ability to comment, you are consenting to provide your personal information (i.e. name and email) and that you are consenting to receive blog post notifications. You will always have access to control your own information when registering for Our blog, and the ability to change your information and subscription settings. Your information is stored on WIX servers and not Our personal servers or computers.

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We may also contact you if there are changes to this privacy policy.

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Your privacy is important to us.

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Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt-out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the contact form given on our website:

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• See what data we have about you, if any.

• Change/correct any data we have about you.

• Have us delete any data we have about you.

• Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

• There is always an unsubscribe link at the bottom of every newsletter. There is also a link to update your preferences at the bottom of every newsletter. Your newsletter registration information is stored on MailChimp servers and not on Our personal servers or computers.

• You will always have access to control your own information when registering to Our blog, and the ability to change your information and subscription settings. Your blog registration information is stored on WIX servers and not on Our personal servers or computers.

 

WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?

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When you purchase pay an invoice or sign up for services, as part of the invoicing and service process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address, and email address. When you browse our site, we may also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system. Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our services and products, and other updates.

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We may use the information we collect from you when you sign up for our newsletter or blog, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
      • To improve our website in order to better serve you.
      • To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
      • To quickly process your transactions.
      • To ask for ratings and reviews of services or products
      • To follow up with them after correspondence such as email.

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Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website (i.e. entering information into a subscribe form), your information is protected both online and offline. Your information is saved on WIX servers and not on Our personal servers or computers.

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Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

 

We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

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When you subscribe to our blog, your information is collected via our subscribe forms.

 

Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

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COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

 

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States' consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children's privacy and safety online.

 

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

 

Fair Information Practices

 

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify you via email

      • Within 7 business days

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

 

CAN SPAM Act

 

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

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We collect your email address in order to:

      • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

      • Send you blog posts and/or newsletters depending upon what you voluntarily subscribed to on this website.

To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

      • Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.

      • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.

      • Include the city, state, and country of our location.

      • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.

      • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.

      • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can:

      • Follow the instructions at the bottom of each newsletter, or contact us, and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

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