Privacy Policy

The short-and-sweet version…

The below privacy policy states in as much legalese as possible that if you sign up for my newsletter, participate in any giveaways, or order things through this site, we are given access to your name, address, and possibly credit card information in order to fulfill orders and award prizes. It also states we are not responsible for any 3rd party links we may redirect you to (e.g., retailer websites, YouTube, other authors, etc.). We (hcbentley5.wixsite.com/hc-bentley) will not store, sell, or give your information to anyone. Ever.

The site owner/administrator may, at some future point, become an affiliate of either Amazon or Barnes & Noble. In this event, each time you’d click an associated link, our applicable affiliate account would be paid a nominal amount in order to keep us as a distributor. This is would in no way paid by you.

This site, and site owner, uses PayPal and Square for payment processing for items purchased via the website and at events. We are not responsible for any 3rd party payment processing links we may redirect you to.

This site uses Google Analytics to gather information about the traffic on this site. We don't distinguish who's visiting, just the amount of traffic the website gets. That is how we know if our marketing efforts (social media, word of mouth, etc.) is working. Nothing in the analytic reports identifies users beyond the general geography from which the site gets visitors.

The legal version...

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their 'Personally Identifiable Information' (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website. It applies solely to information collected by this website and any use thereof.

What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?

When ordering or registering on our site, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, or other details to help you with your experience.

When do we collect information?

We collect information from you when you place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a contact form, or enter information on our site to provide us with feedback on our products or services.

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

To administer a contest, promotion, survey, or other site feature.
To quickly process your transactions.
To ask for ratings and reviews of services or products.

How do we protect your information?

We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards.
An external PCI compliant payment gateway (e.g., PayPal or Square) handles all credit card transactions.
We use regular Malware Scanning.

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

We do not and will not personally collect sensitive information (such as credit card data). Any credit card transactions will be handled via PayPal or Square. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers. We will not personally handle your sensitive data.

Do we use 'cookies'?

Yes. 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) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

We use cookies to:

Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.
Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser's Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If a user turns cookies off, it won't affect the user's experience on our site.

Third-party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it's release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-party Links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Google

Google's advertising requirements can be summed up by Google's Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users.

We may use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en

We have implemented the following:

Remarketing with Google AdSense
Demographics and Interests Reporting

We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

Opting Out

Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.

Website Privacy Policy

Your privacy is a top concern. As such, we agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our site footer.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word 'Privacy' and can easily be found on the website footer, as specified above.

You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:

On the Privacy Policy page of this website.

You may change your personal information:

By contacting us via the “Contact” tab in the navigation bar of https://hcbentley5.wixsite.com/hc-bentley.

You can find more information about Kentucky’s Data Privacy Laws here: https://wyatthitechlaw.com/state-data-privacy-resources/kentucky-data-breach-laws/

How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?

We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?

We do not allow third-party behavioral tracking.

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 will notify the users via in-site notification

Within 7 business days

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.

We collect your email address in order to:

Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
Process orders and send information and/or updates pertaining to orders.
Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

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 physical address of our business or site headquarters.
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 do so manually via the MailChimp, Facebook, and Facebook Messenger opt-out features. You may also email us at: authorhcbently@gmail.com and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the e-mail address below.

authorhcbently@gmail.com

Last Edited on 5/20/2018