Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy ("Policy") governs your access to and use of Kristinegivens.com (“Website”), including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through Kristinegivens.com, whether as a guest or a registered user.  Our Policy has been designed and created to assure those affiliated with the Company of our commitment and realization of our obligation not only to meet, but to exceed, most existing privacy standards.

When accessing the Website, the Company will learn certain information about you, both automatically and through voluntary actions you make, during your visit.  This Policy applies to information we collect on the Website and in email, text, or other electronic messages between you and the Website. 

Please read our Policy carefully before you start using the Website.  By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by this Policy.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy at any given time. If you have not registered with us and want to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes, we advise you to frequently visit this page. If you are a registered user, we will notify you via email of any changes or updates made to this Policy. If at any point in time, the Company decides to make use of any personally identifiable information on file, in a manner vastly different from that which was stated when this information was initially collected, the user or users shall be promptly notified by email. Users at that time shall have the option as to whether to permit the use of their information in this separate manner.

This Policy applies to the Website, and it governs any and all data collection and usage by us. Through the use of the Website, you are therefore consenting to the data collection procedures expressed in this Policy.

Please note that this Policy does not govern the collection and use of information by companies that the Company does not control, nor by individuals not employed or managed by us. If you visit a website that we mention or link to, be sure to review its privacy policy before providing the site with information. It is highly recommended and suggested that you review the privacy policy and conditions of any website you choose to use or frequent to better understand the way in which the website makes use of and shares the information collected.

Specifically, this Policy will inform you of the following:

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through our Website;

2. Why we collect personally identifiable information and the legal basis for such collection;

3. How we use the collected information and with whom it may be shared;

4. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data; and

5. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.

Information We Collect

It is always up to you whether to disclose personally identifiable information to us, although if you elect not to do so, we reserve the right not to register you as a user or provide you with any products or services. This Website collects various types of information, such as:

●     Voluntarily provided information which may include your name, address, email address, billing and/or credit card information etc. which may be used when you purchase products and/or services and to deliver the products or services you have requested.

●     Information automatically collected when visiting our Website, which may include cookies, third party tracking technologies and server logs.

In addition, the Company may have the occasion to collect non-personal anonymous demographic information, such as age, gender, household income, political affiliation, race, and religion.  As you navigate through our Website, we my use automatic data collection technologies including Google Analytics to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns.  This will generally include information about your location, your traffic pattern through our Website, and any communications between your computer and our Website.  Among other things, we may collect data about the type of computer you use, your internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser type. 

The Company may also deem it necessary, from time to time, to follow websites that our users may frequent to gleam what types of services and products may be the most popular to customers or the general public.

Please rest assured that this Website will only collect personal information that you knowingly and willingly provide to us by way of surveys, completed membership forms, and emails. It is the intent of this Website to use personal information only for the purpose for which it was requested, and any additional uses specifically provided for in this Policy.

Why We Collect Information and For How Long

We are collecting your data for several reasons:

1.     To better understand your needs and provide you with the services you have requested;

2.    To fulfill our legitimate interest in improving our services and products;

3.    To send you promotional emails containing information we think you may like when we have your consent to do so;

4.   To contact you to fill out surveys or participate in other types of market research, when we have your consent to do so;

5.    To customize our Website according to your online behavior and personal preferences.

The data we collect from you will be stored for no longer than necessary. The length of time we retain said information will be determined based upon the following criteria: the length of time your personal information remains relevant; the length of time it is reasonable to keep records to demonstrate that we have fulfilled our duties and obligations; any limitation periods within which claims might be made; any retention periods prescribed by law or recommended by regulators, professional bodies or associations; the type of contract we have with you, the existence of your consent, and our legitimate interest in keeping such information as stated in this Policy.

Use of Information Collected

The Company does not now, nor will it in the future, sell, rent, or lease any of its customer lists and/or names to any third parties.

The Company uses personal information for purposes of presenting our Website and its contents to you, providing you with information, providing you with offers for products and services, providing you with information about your subscriptions and products, carrying out any contract between you and the Company, administering our business activities, providing customer service, and making available other items and services to our customers and prospective customers.  From time to time, we may use the information you provide to us to display advertisements to you that are tailored to your personal characteristics, interests, and activities. 

The Company may also be in contact you with regards to completing surveys and/or research questionnaires related to your opinion of current, potential, or future services that may be offered.

The Company may feel it necessary, from time to time, to contact you on behalf of our other external business partners with regards to a potential new offer which may be of interest to you. If you consent or show interest in presented offers, then, at that time, specific identifiable information, such as name, email address and/or telephone number, may be shared with the third party.

The Company may find it beneficial to all our customers to share specific data with our trusted partners to conduct statistical analysis, provide you with email and/or postal mail, deliver support and/or arrange for deliveries to be made. Those third parties shall be strictly prohibited from making use of your personal information, other than to deliver those services which you requested, and as such they are required, in accordance with this agreement, to maintain the strictest confidentiality with regards to all your information.

Like other commercial websites, our Website utilizes a standard technology called “cookies” and server logs to collect information about how our Website is used.  Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Website, and the websites visited just before and just after our own, as well as your IP address. 

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier.  When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies.  Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. 

The Company uses various third-party social media platforms including but not limited to LinkedIn, Facebook and other interactive programs.  These platforms may collect your IP address and require cookies to work properly.  These services are governed by the privacy policies of the providers and are not within the Company’s control.  The Company reserves the right to use technological equivalents of cookies, including social media pixels.  These pixels allow social media sites to track visits to outside websites to tailor advertising messages users see while visiting that social media website.  The Company reserves the right to use these pixels in compliance with the polices of the various social media sites. 

Disclosure of Information

As a general rule, we do not sell, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any information collected whether automatically or through your voluntary action.  We may disclose your personal information to our subsidiaries, affiliates, and service providers for the purpose of providing our services to you. 

The Company may not use or disclose the information provided by you except under the following circumstances:

1. As necessary to provide services or products you have ordered;

2. In other ways described in this Policy or to which you have otherwise consented;

3. In the aggregate with other information in such a way so that your identity cannot reasonably be determined;

4. As required by law, or in response to a subpoena or search warrant;

5. To outside auditors who have agreed to keep the information confidential;

6. As necessary to enforce the Terms of Use on our Website;

7. As necessary to maintain, safeguard and preserve all the rights and property of the Company; and

8. In the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets and/or business. 

Non-Marketing Purposes

The Company greatly respects your privacy. We do maintain and reserve the right to contact you if needed for non-marketing purposes (such as bug alerts, security breaches, account issues, and/or changes in the Company’s products and services, or changes to this Policy).  In certain circumstances, we may use our Website, emails, or other public means to post a notice.

Children under the age of 13

Our Website is not directed to, and does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from, children under the age of thirteen (13). If it is determined that such information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of thirteen (13), we shall immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system's database, or in the alternative, that verifiable parental consent is obtained for the use and storage of such information. Anyone under the age of thirteen (13) must seek and obtain parent or guardian permission to use this Website

Email Information, Email Policies and Unsubscribe or Opt-Out

If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses.  We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we would employ in the maintenance of information received online, via mail, and via telephone.  This also applies when you register for our Website, sign up through any of our forms using your email address or make a purchase on this Website. 

We are committed to keeping your email address confidential.  We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties, and will not disclose your email address to any third parties except as allowed in the section titled Disclosure of Your Information.

We will maintain information you send via email in accordance with applicable federal law.

In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all emails sent from our organization will clearly state who the emails are from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender.  In addition, all email messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself form our mailing list so that you will no longer receive email communications from us. 

Our emails provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of each email communication or my clicking the unsubscribe link in the email.  

Links to Other Websites

Our Website does contain links to affiliate and other websites. The Company does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other websites. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of every website that collects personally identifiable information. This Policy applies only and solely to the information collected by our Website.

Notice to European Union Users

The Company’s operations are located primarily in the United States. If you provide information to us, the information will be transferred out of the European Union (EU) and sent to the United States. (The adequacy decision on the EU-US Privacy became operational on August 1, 2016. This framework protects the fundamental rights of anyone in the EU whose personal data is transferred to the United States for commercial purposes. It allows the free transfer of data to companies that are certified in the US under the Privacy Shield.) By providing personal information to us, you are consenting to its storage and use as described in this Policy.

Security

The Company employs commercially reasonable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to us and the information we collect automatically. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (e.g., credit card information), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the webpage.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers and servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment. This is all done to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of the user's personal information under our control.

The Company also uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for authentication and private communications to build users' trust and confidence in the internet and our Website use by providing simple and secure access and communication of credit card and personal information.  The Company also works with reputable third-party vendors. 

Note that email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication.  For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us via email.  However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. 

Visitor’s GDPR Rights

If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.  Those rights include:

1. We will retain the information you choose to provide us until the earlier of: (a) your request to delete the information, (b) our decision to cease using our existing data providers, or (c) the company decides that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the cost of retaining it. 

2. You have the right to request access to your data that the company stores and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.

3. You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.

4. You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.

5. To the extent that you provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.

6. You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter a contract with you.  We will not require you provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us. 

Acceptance of Terms

By using this Website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within this Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of the Website. In addition, your continued use of our Website following proper notification or the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions, shall mean that you agree and accept such changes.

Policy Changes

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Policy on this page.  If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the Website home page.  The date of the Policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of this page.  You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this Policy to check for any changes.  

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Policy as it relates to our Website, please feel free to contact us at the following email or mailing address:

Kristine Givens, Inc.; 855 S. College Mall Road, Suite 271, Bloomington, IN 47401

Email: support@kristinegivens.com

Effective February 15, 2023