Privacy Policy:

Gleeful Grandiva (“Gleeful Grandiva“) operates gleefulgrandiva.com and may operate other websites. It also operates Wacky Workshops Arts and Crafts for Kids and the Young at Heart. It is Gleeful Grandiva’s and Wacky Workshops’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Gleeful Grandiva collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Gleeful Grandiva’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Gleeful Grandiva’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Gleeful Grandiva may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Gleeful Grandiva also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on gleefulgrandiva.com blogs/sites. Gleeful Grandiva only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Google Analytics

When someone visits www.gleefulgrandiva we use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Gleeful Grandiva’s websites choose to interact with Gleeful Grandiva in ways that require Gleeful Grandiva to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Gleeful Grandiva gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at gleefulgrandiva.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Gleeful Grandiva are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Gleeful Grandiva collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfil the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Gleeful Grandiva. Gleeful Grandiva does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

We use a third-party provider, MailChimp, to deliver our newsletter. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see MailChimp’s privacy notice. You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time of the day or night by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails.

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address.

When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.

Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.

When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.

If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at wackyworkshops1@gmail.com

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.

Our store is hosted on WooCommerce. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.

Your data is stored through WooCommerce data storage, databases and the general WooCommerce application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Stripe stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.

All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.

PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

For more insight, you may also want to read Stripe’s Terms of Service or Privacy Statement.

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.

In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at wackywporkshops1@gmail.com

Aggregated Statistics

Gleeful Grandiva may collect statistics about the behaviour of visitors to its websites. Gleeful Grandiva may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Gleeful Grandiva does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Gleeful Grandiva discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Gleeful Grandiva’s behalf or to provide services available at Gleeful Grandiva’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Gleeful Grandiva’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Gleeful Grandiva will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Gleeful Grandiva discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Gleeful Grandiva believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Gleeful Grandiva, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Gleeful Grandiva website and have supplied your email address, Gleeful Grandiva may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Gleeful Grandiva and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Gleeful Grandiva takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Gleeful Grandiva uses cookies to help Gleeful Grandiva identify and track visitors, their usage of Gleeful Grandiva website, and their website access preferences. Gleeful Grandiva visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Gleeful Grandiva’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Gleeful Grandiva’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Gleeful Grandiva, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Gleeful Grandiva goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that are transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that any acquirer of Gleeful Grandiva may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Gleeful Grandiva and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Gleeful Grandiva may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Gleeful Grandiva’s sole discretion. Gleeful Grandiva encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a gleefulgrandiva.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

This Privacy Policy was last updated August, 2019.