Nicola Marrison Creative is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience for visitors while offering a high-quality user experience. By using www.nicolamarrison.com (the “Website” or “Site”), you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. This page is dedicated to informing you of the policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of information receives from users of the Website. Nicola Marrison Creative (the “Company” or “Business”) operates the Website.
INFORMATION COLLECTED
You can visit the Site, read materials, and browse the Website’s contents without giving any personally identifiable information. In order to provide the most efficient and enhanced personalized service and attention, and to accommodate certain requests which you make, the Business may request information about you in certain circumstances and collect certain information automatically.
Information Provided Voluntarily
Personal Information. You may be asked to provide personal information including your name, address, email address and phone number when you sign up for newsletters, respond to a survey, register for a class, or purchase a product or service. Visitors are not required to provide this information. Personal Information is not collected from Visitors who simply visit the Website, unless they provide such information voluntarily by registering on the Website or signing up for information. This information is collectively called “Personal Information.”
Order & Billing Information. If you place an order through the Website, certain information about the products and services you purchase may be tracked. This is called the Order Information. At checkout, you may also be required to provide additional information including a debit or credit card or other payment information, expiration dates, card security codes, your billing address or similar information (collectively called the Billing Information). This information is provided to, and it will also be collected and processed by third-party payment vendors pursuant to the terms and conditions of their privacy policies and terms of use.
Information Collected Automatically
From Your Activity (Log Data). Information may be collected based on your use of the Website, including, without limitation:
–Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses, which may consist of a static or dynamic IP address and will sometimes point to a specific identifiable computer or device; browser type, version and language; referring and exit pages and URLS; date and time; the pages of the Website that you visit; the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
–Information about your device, device type, universally unique identifiers (“UUID”), advertising identifier (“IDFA”), operating system and version, carrier and country location, hardware and processor information, network type, and similar data.
From Cookies. The Website may use cookies to deliver a better experience for you. Cookies are files with small amounts of data that a website stores on your computer or mobile device’s hard drive so that certain information about your visit and web-browsing preferences will be recognized upon a return visit. Cookies serve functions such as “remembering” log-in names and passwords or enabling or saving shopping cart contents. Like many websites, both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) may be used to help improve the experience you have with the Website. Most web browsers have a function that allows you to delete existing cookies on your device or you can set your browser options to that your device does not receive or accept cookies. Doing this may interfere with your ability to use the Website.
Third-Party Analytics. Third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to evaluate and aggregate visitor data. These services help us evaluate Visitors’ use of the Website, including time spent on certain pages, which areas of the Website receive the most traffic, how often visitors visit pages within the Website, and provide general geographic location about visitors, the source of referred traffic (from other websites, vs. search engines, etc.). These third-party analytic services use cookies and other technologies to help analyze and provide us the data. By visiting and using the Website, you consent to the collection and review of data about you by these analytics providers in the manner and for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
For more information on Google Analytics, including how to opt out from certain data collection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics. If you opt out of any service, you may not enjoy the full functionality of the Website.
From Third Parties. The Business may also collect or receive information from third parties, such as Facebook and/or other third-party social media sites.
ACCESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
If you have provided personal, billing or other voluntarily provided information, you may access, review and make changes to it via instructions found on the Website. To manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications, you may unsubscribe by clicking the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of any related email from the Company. Emails related to the purchase or delivery of orders are provided automatically – Customers are not able to opt out of transactional emails. Commercially reasonable efforts to process any requests related to the management of Personal Information in a timely manner will be applied, however, it is not always possible to completely remove or modify information in the subscription databases.
How Information is Used and Shared
Collected Information is used to evaluate and administer the Website, fulfill your requests, respond to any problems that may arise, such as difficulties in navigating our Website or accessing certain features, and to gauge user trends. As in any transaction, when you purchase products, services, or programs, your credit card company will have all relevant information about the name of the vendor, item(s) purchased, date, total cost and other information necessary to process the transaction. The Business will not otherwise provide any personal data to your credit card company without your permission. The Company may also access or utilize information collected to provide our services, process orders, administer our programs, maintain, and improve the Website and services to you, solicit your feedback, and to inform you about our products and services and those of selected third-party marketing partners.
The Information collected may also be shared as required to process Customer Orders and provide necessary support. This includes sharing Information collected with joint venture partners, businesses under common control, third-party businesses or partners participating in administering our programs or services, or to those providing business functions such as technical support, customer service, marketing assistance, etc. These businesses will only have access to information as necessary to perform their functions and to the extent permitted by law. Order Information and other information in aggregate may also be used to improve Business products and services, and operate, maintain, and manage the Website. Where necessary, this aggregate data may be shared with affiliates, agents, and business partners of Nicola Marrison Creative. This included disclosing aggregated statistics in describing products and services to current and prospective business partners and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.
Under certain circumstances the Business may be obligated or compelled to disclose the Information: (i) when required by law, court order, or other government or law enforcement authority or regulatory agency; or (ii) whenever the Business believes that disclosing such Information is necessary or advisable to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company or others.
Information You Share
When you voluntarily make your Personal Information available online in an environment shared by third parties – for example on message boards or web logs; through email; during webinars, classes, telephone conferences, or coaching calls; or in comment or chat areas – that information can be viewed, saved, collected, heard, and/or used by others outside of the Company. The Business is not responsible for any unauthorized third-party use of information provided in these contexts. Please be mindful whenever you share any information online.
SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
The security of your Personal Information is important to the Business but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While the Business incorporates standard industry practices internally and with service providers, which the Business believes suits the degree of sensitivity of the information involved, its absolute security cannot be guaranteed. Because working with third-party businesses and vendors in various aspects of the Business including operating this website, database management, website security, etc., it cannot guarantee the absolute security of these databases, nor that the Information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to and from us over the Internet. E-mail sent to or from the Website may not be secure, and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send via email.
Children
Protecting the safety and privacy of children who visit the website is of paramount importance. The business does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13 through the Website. If you are under 13, please do not give us any Personal Information. It is encouraged that all parents talk to their children about online safety and to monitor their children’s use of the Internet. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Information to Nicola Marrison Creative, please contact me, and best efforts will be made to delete that information from the databases.
External Websites
Nicola Marrison Creative does not control and is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites, including those of affiliates, business partners, sponsors, advertisers, or other websites to which may be linked from time to time. When visiting any third-party websites, you are responsible for reviewing the privacy policy and terms of use applicable to each site. They may be different than those that you see here.
Visitors Outside of Canada
The Website and the servers that make this Website available worldwide are in Canada. The Internet laws in Canada govern all matters relating to this Website, which you accept by visiting this Website.
International Privacy and GDPR Disclaimer
If you are a member of the EU, Your data is protected by appropriate safeguards, GDPR. By clicking submit to any opt ins on this website, You consent to the collection of your name and email and will receive communications from the Business. You have the right to object to the processing of Your data at any time. Your information will not be shared with any third parties in the EU.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The Company may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as necessary to protect users and to comply with a changing environment. It is recommended that you check the Privacy Policy when you visit our Website to be sure that you are aware of and understand our current policy. There are no intentions of making changes to the Privacy Policy and practices that make them less protective of personal information collected in the past. By accessing the Website and/or using services after making any such changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Should you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please send an email to info@nicolamarrison.com with “Privacy Policy” in the subject line.