Privacy Policy

EFFECTIVE AS OF DATE OF LAST MODIFICATION: NOV 7, 2022

Your privacy is important. Please read this privacy policy carefully to learn what information we collect from you, how we use the information we collect at this website, cindyscreativecards.com, and how your personal information is made available to third parties. By using this website, you accept the terms of this privacy policy.

I reserve the right to make changes to this policy from time to time without prior notice to you. Any changes will take effect immediately upon posting the revised privacy policy. However, we will not use your personal information in a manner materially different than what was stated when it was collected unless you consent.

BY ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, OR TO ANY CHANGES WE MAY SUBSEQUENTLY MAKE, WE REQUEST THAT YOU STOP ACCESSING THIS WEBSITE.

NOTICE

This website is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian of a child and believe he or she has disclosed personal information to us without your permission, please contact Cindy at cindy@cindyscreativecards.com. A parent or guardian of a child under the age of eighteen may review and request deletion of such child’s personal information as well as prohibit the use thereof.

This website is operated in the United States (US) and is intended for users located in the US. 

1. TYPE AND NATURE OF THE DATA COLLECTED AND PROCESSED.

When you sign up for our newsletter or make a purchase, the systems in place collect and store your basic personal data such as your name and email address, as well as additional contact information such as your username and password. Additional information about you may be collected if you enter it through the website or through your communication with Cindy's Creative Cards.

When you place orders on the Stampin’ Up! website or Cindy's Online Store, your name, delivery address, billing address, email address, phone number, credit card number, and expiration date is needed to process the transaction and to notify you of the status of your order.

2. HOW WE COLLECT DATA

2.1 COOKIES

Cookies are used to identify you for the duration of your visit to give you the best experience possible on the site.

Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer or mobile device, and they identify the device when connecting to our server, as well as providing additional information. Other technologies such as tracking pixels, web bugs, web storage, and similar files serve the same purpose. Cookies are stored on your computer.

You can determine the use of cookies for this website or in general in the settings of your internet browser. Information on how this works can be found on your internet browser’s website. You can find the corresponding instructions below.

• Microsoft Internet Explorer  
• Mozilla Firefox  
• Apple Safari
• Google Chrome  

If you deactivate cookies, a number of website functions may no longer operate as intended.

2.2 LOG FILES FOR WEB PAGE VIEWS

Cindy's Creative Cards uses external tracking services that implement technology to track non-personal information about visitors to this website. The access data is stored in a log file—the server log—every time a page is accessed. The resulting data set contains the following data:

• your IP address (which can be used to uniquely identify your computer)
• the name and IP address of the computer requesting the page (remote host)
• the time, status, amount of data transferred and website from which you accessed the requested page (referrer)
• the product and version information of the browser you used (user agent)
• A standardized file format for the web server log is used for this purpose. 

Provided that this data is not absolutely necessary for the technical maintenance of the system or system security, it is immediately anonymized, and the original logs deleted. Anonymization takes place through the removal or shortening of the IP address by assigning a code that is not assigned to any specific user. This means that assignment to a specific or identifiable person is no longer possible. Cindy's Creative Cards uses log data (log files) exclusively in anonymous form for statistical evaluations without any link or references to your personal data. This enables us to detect possible program errors or incorrect links and to continuously develop and improve the website. Cindy's Creative Cards does not link page views and usage information to individual people.

2.3 WEB ANALYSIS SOFTWARE

In addition to the technologies used to execute the page functions, we also employ web analysis software. Data collected by this software may include the time and duration of the visit, the pages visited, the browser used, add-ons/plug-ins, search engines, and referrer URLs.

Web analysis is carried out by Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), among others. Google Analytics uses “cookies”—text files stored on your computer—to be able to analyze how you use the website. Google will use this information to evaluate your usage of the website, to generate reports on website activity for the website operator, and to provide other services associated with website activity and internet use. Due to the activated anonymization of the data collected, Google shortens your IP address. The IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. For more information on how Google Analytics anonymizes IP addresses, please visit 

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl+en.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data by the cookie and relating to your use of the website and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: 

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. 

For more information on the use of data and the data protection declaration of Google Analytics, please visit: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

2.4 TRACKING PIXELS (WEB BEACONS / WEB BUGS)

Software technology called tracking pixels (also known as web beacons / web bugs) may be used to help us manage the content on this website better by determining the greatest effectiveness.

Tracking pixels are tiny graphics with a unique identifier that function in a manner similar to cookies and are used to track the online movements of web users. Unlike cookies, which are installed on the hard drive of the user’s computer, tracking pixels are invisible. Data collected by tracking pixels is not linked to our customers’ personal data.

We may use tracking pixels in HTML emails to track which emails have been opened by recipients. This helps to evaluate the effectiveness of certain communications and marketing campaigns.

2.5 EMAILS

All email messages that are subject to archiving requirements are stored by Cindy’s Creative Cards. Every email that can be regarded as a business letter or is relevant for tax purposes will not be deleted during the period of the legal obligation to keep records in accordance with tax, commercial, and other applicable laws of the United States. Furthermore, we collect all email addresses to which messages could not be delivered to enable us to request a current email address. Email messages from Cindy's Creative Cards may contain graphics or links, the accessing of which allows us to determine whether an email message has been opened. This is done anonymously.

2.6 MOBILE DEVICE IDENTIFIERS

Some mobile service providers uniquely identify mobile devices, and we may receive such device information if you access the website through mobile devices. Some features of the website may require collection of mobile phone numbers, which may be associated with mobile device identification information. Additionally, some mobile phone service providers operate systems that pinpoint the physical location of devices that use their service. Depending on the provider, Cindy's Creative Cards may receive this information.

3. PURPOSE OF DATA COLLECTION AND DATA STORAGE

The collection, storage, processing, and use of data serves to simplify, administer, and further develop this website and to process your orders. As part of ongoing development, anonymous statistics on the use of our services are utilized.

Cindy's Creative Cards will also send you emails for various reasons. These emails may also contain information about services, new product offers, and promotions, provided you have agreed to the usage of your email address for this purpose.

You can withdraw this consent at any time. Simply unsubscribe from the email newsletter or send an email to cindy@cindyscreativecards.com.

4. TO WHOM DO WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

Cindy's Creative Cards will not share personal information with third parties for the purposes of marketing or other purposes unless you have given your explicit consent or the sharing of information is required by law.

4.1 EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTUAL PARTNERS

Your data may be shared with Stampin’ Up! employees and third parties who provide technical or organizational services for Stampin’ Up! or Cindy's Creative Cards who are required and have agreed to protect your data.

4.2 PAYMENT PROCESSING

In the case of payment processing for orders placed on Cindy's Stampin' Up! business website (“DBWS”) or Cindy's Creative Cards Online Store, the data for processing the payment transaction is passed on to the payment service provider who is bound by instructions. Cindy's Creative Cards is only informed whether the transaction has been completed and will not receive any information about your account in these cases unless you have given your consent in advance. 

4.3 REPRESENTATIVE/SERVICE PROVIDER

We use the services of other companies such as shipping companies for transporting orders and credit card companies for billing. These service providers are prohibited from using your personal information.

4.4 DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS

In some cases, we may be required to disclose your information to public authorities to comply with legal requirements. In such cases, we will take appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality of your data.

4.5 SWEEPSTAKES, CONTESTS, AND PROMOTIONS

Cindy's Creative Cards may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions through the website that may require registration. By entering any promotion, you are agreeing to the official rules that govern that promotion, which may contain specific requirements of you, including, except where prohibited by law, allowing the sponsor(s) of the promotion to use your name, voice, and/or likeness in advertising or marketing associated with the promotion. If you choose to enter a sweepstakes, contest, or promotion, personal information may be disclosed to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of such promotion, including, without limitation, in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law or permitted by the promotion’s official rules.

5. DATA SECURITY

Cindy's Creative Cards, through GoDaddy.com (the site hosting service), takes precautions to ensure that your data is protected against loss, modification and improper use by employing firewalls and other security systems. Unfortunately, it is impossible to provide absolute protection against attacks by new viruses or other methods of attacking the secure data systems of internet services. In the event that your personal information (as such may be defined by any applicable law requiring notice upon a security breach) is compromised, you may be notified by email in our sole discretion unless required by law to the last email address you provided us in the most expedient time reasonable under the circumstances. Delays in notification may occur while we take necessary measures to determine the scope of the breach and restore reasonable integrity to the system, as well as for the legitimate needs of law enforcement if notification would impede a criminal investigation.

Cindy's Creative Cards uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for the encrypted transfer of sensitive data, such as the password for your account and billing information, including credit card information, from your web browser to our web server. 

6. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

This website may contain links to other websites that are neither owned by Stampin’ Up! nor under the control of Stampin’ Up! Please note that Stampin’ Up! bears no responsibility for the data protection practices of such websites.

When you leave this site, you should read the website privacy policies of each target website that collects personal information. This website privacy policy only applies to the information collected on this website.

7. DATA INTEGRITY

Cindy’s Creative Cards limits the personal information it collects to information that is relevant for the purposes of processing and delivering orders, facilitation the transfer of and communication between customer and Cindy’s Creative Cards, and the other specific purposes set forth in the privacy policy. Cindy’s Creative Cards takes reasonable and appropriate measures to retain personal data only for as long as Cindy’s Creative Cards has a legitimate legal or business need to do so, such as customer service, compliance with legal or contractual obligations, retention for audit purposes, security and fraud prevention, preservation of legal rights or other reasonable purposes consistent with the purpose of the collection of the information.

8. CHOICE

Your trust is important to us. Cindy’s Creative Cards will not sell or provide your information to any third party for any use other than that specified in this Privacy Policy. Cindy’s Creative Cards will not use your Personal Information in any way that is inconsistent with the purposes outlined in this privacy policy or for which you agreed to be contacted. The website may include subscription and registration management tools, including opt-in or opt-out fields, that allow you to make changes regarding your preferences for receiving communications. Regardless of whether these tools are available through the website, you may contact us using the contact information provided below if (a) you have questions, complaints, or problems with our privacy policy; (b) you wish to make corrections to any personal information you have provided to us; (c) you want to opt-out from receiving future commercial correspondence from us (we may still send you transactional messages from us such as responding to your inquiries); or (d) you wish to withdraw your consent to the future sharing of your personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

Cindy’s Creative Cards

Attn: Cindy Phillips

1231 Legacy Greene Avenue

Wake Forest, NC 27587

(336) 401-1951

Email: cindy@cindyscreativecards.com

We will respond to your request and, if applicable and appropriate, make the requested change in our databases as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that we may not be able to fulfill certain requests while allowing you access to certain benefits and features of our website. Also, please note that it is not always possible to completely change, remove, or delete all of your information from our databases and that residual data may remain on backup media. We may retain certain information that we are legally obligated or allowed to keep for tax reporting and other reasons.