Privacy policy.

This Website collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Users may be subject to different protection standards and broader standards may therefore apply to some. Users can contact the Owner, to learn more about such standards.

This document contains a section dedicated to Users in the European Union and their privacy rights.

This document contains a section dedicated to Users in the United States and their privacy rights.

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Owner and Data Controller

Plus The Designer Is Black

4509 Jefferson St

Springdale, MD 20774

Owner contact email: cs@plusthedesignerisblack.com

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: first name; last name; phone number; email address; Cookies; Usage Data; device information; purchase history; gender; physical address; username; company name; state; country; city; Data communicated while using the service; various types of Data; date of birth; county; ZIP/Postal code.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Retention time

Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Contacting the User, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Analytics, Remarketing and behavioral targeting, Advertising, Displaying content from external platforms, Managing contacts and sending messages, Handling payments, Platform services and hosting, Managing data collection and online surveys, User database management and Tag Management.

For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

Advertising

This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Trackers for identifying Users, behavioral retargeting i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, or to measure ads performance. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.

Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects data from the Meta Audience Network with actions performed on this Website. The Meta pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Meta Audience Network.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

  • a Sale in California

Analytics

The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) (Google Inc.)

Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

  • a Sale in the United States

Analytics collected directly (this Website)

This Website uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

Contacting the User

Contact form (this Website)

By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Website to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; phone number.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.

This processing constitutes:

Mailing list or newsletter (this Website)

By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website or after making a purchase.

Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; county; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; state; Trackers; ZIP/Postal code.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana

Displaying content from external platforms

This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

Google Fonts (Google Inc.)

Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

Handling payments

Payment processing services enable this Website to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means. To ensure greater security, this Website shares only the information necessary to execute the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction.
Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails containing invoices or notifications concerning the payment.

PayPal (PayPal Inc.)

PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc., which allows Users to make online payments.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana

Stripe (Stripe Inc)

Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe Inc.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

Interaction with external social networks and platforms

This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.
The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Website isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)

The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States

Google+ +1 button and social widgets (Google Inc.)

The Google+ +1 button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Google+ social network provided by Google Inc.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States

Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (X Corp.)

The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets (Pinterest)

The Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

Managing contacts and sending messages

This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group, LLC.)

Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group, LLC.

Personal Data processed: email address.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in the United States

a Sharing in California

Klaviyo (Klaviyo Inc.)

Klaviyo is an email address management and message sending service provided by Klaviyo Inc.

To take advantage of the service provided by Klaviyo, the Owner typically shares information about (purchasing) Users, such as for example contact details and shopping histories. Check the indication at “Personal Data processed“ below for an explanation of the extent of the sharing.

Personal Data processed: company name; country; date of birth; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; purchase history; state; Tracker; Usage Data; username; various types of Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

a Sharing in California

Managing data collection and online surveys

This type of service allows this Website to manage the creation, deployment, administration, distribution and analysis of online forms and surveys in order to collect, save and reuse Data from any responding Users.
The Personal Data collected depend on the information asked and provided by the Users in the corresponding online form.

These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services to enable the Owner to take subsequent steps with the Data processed - e.g. managing contacts, sending messages, analytics, advertising and payment processing.

Klaviyo Forms (Klaviyo Inc.)

Klaviyo Forms is a form builder and data collection platform provided by Klaviyo Inc.

To take advantage of the service provided by Klaviyo, the Owner typically shares information about (purchasing) Users, such as for example contact details and shopping histories. Check the indication at “Personal Data processed“ below for an explanation of the extent of the sharing.

Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; purchase history; state; Tracker; Usage Data; username.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

Platform services and hosting

These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Website, therefore allowing the provision of this Website from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

Squarespace (Squarespace Inc.)

Squarespace is a platform provided by Squarespace Inc. that allows the Owner to build, run and host an e-commerce website.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: Canada – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

Remarketing and behavioral targeting

This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Website by the User.
This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

AdRoll (AdRoll, Inc.)

AdRoll is an advertising service provided by AdRoll, Inc.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

a Sharing in California

Google Ads Remarketing (Google LLC)

Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that connects the activity of this Website with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.

Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

a Sharing in California

Facebook Custom Audience (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; email address.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

a Sharing in California

Facebook Remarketing (Facebook, Inc.)

Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.

Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

a Sharing in California

Klaviyo segmentation and social advertising (Klaviyo Inc.)

Klaviyo segmentation and social advertising is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Klaviyo Inc.

Klaviyo segmentation and social advertising makes use of tracking technologies to monitor User behavior. This Data is then used to personalize the User's experience and to provide targeted advertising. Klaviyo segmentation and social advertising may also connect the collected Data with other networks, including advertising networks, and enable these parties to track and target the User. The Owner, unless otherwise specified in this document, has no direct relationship with the third parties that Klaviyo segmentation and social advertising may be including.

To take advantage of the service provided by Klaviyo, the Owner typically shares information about (purchasing) Users, such as for example contact details and shopping histories. Check the indication at “Personal Data processed“ below for an explanation of the extent of the sharing.

Personal Data processed: device information; email address; purchase history; Tracker; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

a Sharing in California

Tag Management

This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Website in a centralized fashion.
This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.

Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)

Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.

Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

User database management

This type of service allows the Owner to build user profiles by starting from an email address, a personal name, or other information that the User provides to this Website, as well as to track User activities through analytics features. This Personal Data may also be matched with publicly available information about the User (such as social networks' profiles) and used to build private profiles that the Owner can display and use for improving this Website.
Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails based on specific actions performed on this Website.

Klaviyo CRM (Klaviyo Inc.)

Klaviyo CRM is a User database management service provided by Klaviyo Inc.

Klaviyo CRM can also be used as a medium for communications, either through email, or through messages within this Website.

To take advantage of the service provided by Klaviyo, the Owner typically shares information about (purchasing) Users, such as for example contact details and shopping histories. Check the indication at “Personal Data processed“ below for an explanation of the extent of the sharing.

Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; email address; first name; gender; last name; phone number; physical address; purchase history; state; Tracker; Usage Data; username; various types of Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; biometric information; internet or other electronic network activity information.

This processing constitutes:

a Sale in California

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

Selling goods and services online

The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Website depends on the payment system used.

Cookie Policy

This Website uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy.

Further Information for Users in the European Union

This section applies to all Users in the European Union, according to the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), and, for such Users, supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting information contained in the privacy policy. Further details regarding the categories of Data processed, the purposes of processing, the categories of recipients of the Personal Data, if any, and further information about Personal Data can be found in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

  • Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.

  • provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;

  • processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;

  • processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;

  • processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Further information about retention time

Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.

Therefore:

  • Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.

  • Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.

The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:

  • Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.

  • Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.

  • Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.

  • Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.

  • Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.

  • Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.

  • Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.

  • Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.

Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.

Further information for Users in the United States

This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running this Website and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).

The information contained in this section applies to all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are residents in the following states: California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana.

For such Users, this information supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.

This part of the document uses the term Personal Information (and Sensitive Personal Information).

Notice at collection

The following Notice at collection provides you with timely notice about the categories of Personal Information collected or disclosed in the past 12 months so that you can exercise meaningful control over our use of that Information.

While such categorization of Personal Information is mainly based on California privacy laws, it can also be helpful for anyone who is not a California resident to get a general idea of what types of Personal Information are collected.

  • Identifiers
    Personal Information collected or disclosed: First name, Last name, Phone number, Email address, Cookies, Tracker, Usage data, Device information, Purchase history, Gender, Physical address, Company name, State, Country, City, Data communicated while using the service, Various types of data, Date of birth, Trackers, County, Zip/postal code
    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username
    Purposes:

    • Contacting the User

    • Remarketing and behavioral targeting

    • Managing contacts and sending messages

    • Managing data collection and online surveys

    • User database management


  • Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes
    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes
    Third-parties: Facebook, Inc., The Rocket Science Group, LLC., Klaviyo Inc.
    Service providers or contractors: this Website

  • Internet or other electronic network activity information
    Personal Information collected or disclosed: Cookies, Usage data, Trackers, Email address, Various types of data as specified in the privacy policy of the service, Tracker, Device information, Purchase history, First name, Last name, Gender, Phone number, Physical address, Company name, State, Country, City, Data communicated while using the service, Various types of data, Date of birth, County, Zip/postal code
    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username
    Purposes:

    • Interaction with external social networks and platforms

    • Analytics

    • Remarketing and behavioral targeting

    • Advertising

    • Displaying content from external platforms

    • Handling payments

    • Platform services and hosting

    • Further information about Personal Data

    • Managing data collection and online surveys

    • User database management

    • Managing contacts and sending messages

    • Tag Management

    • Contacting the User


  • Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes
    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes
    Third-parties: Facebook, Inc., Google Inc., X Corp., Pinterest, AdRoll, Inc., Google LLC, Meta Platforms, Inc., PayPal Inc., Shopify Inc., Stripe Inc, Klaviyo Inc.
    Service providers or contractors: this Website

  • Commercial information
    Personal Information collected or disclosed: Tracker, Usage data, Device information, Purchase history, Email address, First name, Last name, Gender, Phone number, Physical address, Company name, State, Country, City, Data communicated while using the service, Various types of data, Date of birth, Trackers, County, Zip/postal code
    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username
    Purposes:

    • Remarketing and behavioral targeting

    • Managing data collection and online surveys

    • User database management

    • Managing contacts and sending messages

    • Contacting the User


  • Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes
    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes
    Third-parties: Klaviyo Inc.
    Service providers or contractors: this Website

  • Biometric information
    Personal Information collected or disclosed: Tracker, Usage data, First name, Last name, Gender, Phone number, Physical address, Email address, Company name, State, Country, Purchase history, City, Data communicated while using the service, Various types of data, Date of birth, Trackers, County, Zip/postal code
    Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️: username
    Purposes:

    • Managing data collection and online surveys

    • User database management

    • Managing contacts and sending messages

    • Contacting the User


  • Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose

    Sold or Shared ℹ️: Yes
    Targeted Advertising: ℹ️: Yes
    Third-parties: Klaviyo Inc.
    Service providers or contractors: this Website

ℹ️ You can read the definitions of these concepts inside the “Definitions and legal references section” of the privacy policy.

To know more about your rights in particular to opt out of certain processing activities and to limit the use of your sensitive personal information (“Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information”) you can refer to the “Your privacy rights under US state laws” section of our privacy policy.

For more details on the collection of Personal Information, please read the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” of our privacy policy.

We won’t process your Information for unexpected purposes, or for purposes that are not reasonably necessary to and compatible with the purposes originally disclosed, without your consent.

What are the sources of the Personal Information we collect?

We collect the above-mentioned categories of Personal Information, either directly or indirectly, from you when you use this Website.

For example, you directly provide your Personal Information when you submit requests via any forms on this Website. You also provide Personal Information indirectly when you navigate this Website, as Personal Information about you is automatically observed and collected.

Finally, we may collect your Personal Information from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service or with the functioning of this Website and features thereof.

Your privacy rights under US state laws

You may exercise certain rights regarding your Personal Information. In particular, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you have:

  • the right to access Personal Information: the right to know. You have the right to request that we confirm whether or not we are processing your Personal Information. You also have the right to access such Personal Information;

  • the right to correct inaccurate Personal Information. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate Personal Information we maintain about you;

  • the right to request the deletion of your Personal Information. You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information;

  • the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information. We will provide your Personal Information in a portable and usable format that allows you to transfer data easily to another entity – provided that this is technically feasible;

  • the right to opt out from the Sale of your Personal Information; We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

  • the right to non-discrimination.

Additional rights for Users residing in California

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in California, you have

  • The right to opt out of the Sharing of your Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising;

  • The right to request to limit our use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information to only that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods, as is reasonably expected by an average consumer. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our service.

Additional rights for Users residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and Montana

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas and Oregon, you have

  • The right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for Targeted Advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you;

  • The right to freely give, deny or withdraw your consent for the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer.

Additional rights for users residing in Utah

In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Utah, you have

  • The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for Targeted Advertising;

  • The right to opt out of the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer.

How to exercise your privacy rights under US state laws

To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document.

For us to respond to your request, we must know who you are. We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity and therefore confirm the Personal Information in our possession relates to you. You are not required to create an account with us to submit your request. We will use any Personal Information collected from you in connection with the verification of your request solely for verification and shall not further disclose the Personal Information, retain it longer than necessary for purposes of verification, or use it for unrelated purposes.

If you are an adult, you can make a request on behalf of a child under your parental authority.

How to exercise your rights to opt out

In addition to what is stated above, to exercise your right to opt-out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising you can also use the privacy choices link provided on this Website.

If you want to submit requests to opt out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising activities via a user-enabled global privacy control, such as for example the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), you are free to do so and we will abide by such request in a frictionless manner.

How and when we are expected to handle your request

We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases within the timeframe required by applicable law. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need.

Should we deny your request, we will explain to you the reasons behind our denial (where envisaged by applicable law you may then contact the relevant authority to submit a complaint).

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive and in all other cases where it is permitted by the applicable law. In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act on the request. In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind them.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Website or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Website and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data) / Personal Information (or Information)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Sensitive Personal Information

Sensitive Personal Information means any Personal Information that is not publicly available and reveals information considered sensitive according to the applicable privacy law.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party services employed in this Website), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.

User

The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Processor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Website.

This Website (or this Application)

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

Sale

Sale means any exchange of Personal Information by the Owner to a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the applicable law, does not constitute a Sale of your Personal Information.

Sharing

Sharing means any sharing, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer's Personal Information by the business to a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether for monetary or other valuable consideration, including transactions between a business and a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising for the benefit of a business in which no money is exchanged, as defined by the California privacy laws. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the California privacy laws, does not constitute sharing of your Personal Information.

Targeted advertising

Targeted advertising means displaying advertisements to a consumer where the advertisement is selected based on Personal Information obtained from that consumer’s activities over time and across nonaffiliated websites or online applications to predict such consumer’s preferences or interests, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookie

Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.

Tracker

Tracker indicates any technology - e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting - that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.

Legal information

This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations.

This privacy policy relates solely to this Website, if not stated otherwise within this document.