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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 16, 2020

Heavenly Creations (“we”, “us”, “our”)) values our online community.  You trust us with your information, and we’re serious about that responsibility. We believe in transparency, and we’re committed to being upfront about our privacy practices, including how we treat personal information we collect or receive from users of ketchikansflorist.com, its social media pages (including Facebook and Twitter pages) and any services offered through ketchikansflorist.com (collectively referred to hereafter as the “Site”).  We know you care about your privacy, too, so we provide settings that allow you to control how certain information is used on the Site.

After review of the Privacy Policy, if you have any further questions, please contact BloomNation at ketchikanflorist@yahoo.com.

 

Information Collected or Received 

We may require users of the Site to give us personally identifiable information, which may include but is not limited to the user’s name, home and business addresses, phone number, email address, valid identification and credit card/payment account information (collectively “Personal Information”).  Besides the Personal Information, we may also collect other non-personally identifiable information relative to your use of the Site as discussed below.  Certain services offered through the Site may require different types and forms of Personal Information, including delivery address and contact information for recipients of orders.  You can opt out of providing Personal Information by not entering it or not using the Site, although not providing Personal Information may hinder your ability to use the Site and/or services offered therefrom . 

We offer you the option of registering an account with us by logging in with an account you have established with certain third party sites (e.g. Facebook.com and Google.com) (hereafter, the “Outside Account”).  By logging in via the Outside Account, you are granting us the right to access, utilize and store (if applicable) information (including Personal Information) tied to your Outside Account in connection with your use of the Site.  Depending on the Outside Accounts you choose and subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such Outside Accounts and on your account with Us, the information you make accessible via your Outside Accounts  (including Personal Information) will be available to Us and on and through your account. You can stop sharing the information from Outside Accounts with us by removing our access to that Outside Account.

Depending on which services you choose to use, We may require additional information, such billing information (including billing address, phone number, valid identification, credit card information), a mobile telephone number, a physical mailing or delivery address, taxpayer/employer identification number, social security number and/or payment information. 

Users may elect to provide your full name and other personal information (such as birthday, gender, location) to be publicly displayed in connection to your account and activity.

Customer Support. We may collect information about you through your communications with our customer-support team.

Location Information. We collect and store your location information if you enable your mobile device to send it to us, such as by use of geolocation features in the device(s) through which you access the Service, or by inference from other information we collect (for example, your IP address indicates the general geographic region from which you are connecting to the Internet). We use location information to provide you with features, notifications, advertising, or other content that is influenced by your location.

Making Payments. If you are a Customer, our service providers will collect and process your payment information. We do not collect or store any payment card information, though we may receive information about completed transactions that does not include credit card or bank account numbers.

How We Use Information

We use the information we collect from the Service mainly as follows: (i) to provide, maintain, protect and improve the Service (including data analytics), to develop new ones, and to protect Us and Customers; (ii) to respond to your submissions, questions, comments, requests and complaints and provide customer service; (iii) as part of our efforts to keep the Site safe and secure; (iv) to protect Our rights or property; (v) for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, customization, and improvements to service and experience on the Site; (vi) to send you confirmations, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages; and (vii) for any other legitimate business purpose such as billing, identification and authentication purposes, or for which the information was collected. We may use information to provide online advertising on the Site and to send you information we think may be useful or relevant to you. You may opt out of email marketing by using the unsubscribe link in a marketing email or you may opt out by altering your account settings.

We automatically receive and record  some information from your browser when you visit the site, such as your IP address, cookies and data about which pages you visit on the site through the use of log files provided by our third-party tracking-utility partners as discussed below in the Cookies & Tracking Technologies section of this Privacy Policy.  This information helps us analyze and understand how the site works for members and visitors.

For personal data that is subject to General Data Protective Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”), we rely on several legal bases to process your data, which include (i) when you have given consent, which you may withdraw at any time by using the opt out in any email communication and other tools; (ii) when data processing is necessary to perform a contract with you, and (iii) our legitimate business interests, such as improving and personalizing the Services, marketing new features, services or products that may be of interest to you, contacting you, and promoting safety and security of the Site and Customers.

 

Minors

We do not knowingly allow any users under the age of eighteen (18) to use or otherwise access to the Site.   We do not seek any Personal Information (or any information at all) from any persons under 18 years old.  If you are under 18 years old, you may not use the Site.

 

Choice & Control

We know members of our community value having control over their own information, and therefore We give you the choice of providing, editing or removing certain information, as well as choice over how we contact you. We give you account settings and tools to access and control your personal data regardless of where you live. If you live in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland (“Designated Region”), you have several legal rights regarding your information as discussed below.

Accessing and Exporting Data. By logging into your account, you may access your personal information and you can also download your personal information in a common file format.

Editing and Deleting Data. In your account settings, you can change or delete your personal information. Additionally, you may delete your account if you wish. If you choose to delete your account, most of your information will be deleted within 30 days, but it may take up to 90 days to delete all your data and other data stored in our backup systems due to size and complexity of our systems used to store data.

You may change or correct your account information (except your username) at any time. You may remove certain optional information you no longer wish to be publicly visible, such as your full name.

Objecting or Restricting Data Use. In your account settings, you have options to control our use of your data. You may limit how your information is visible to other users or made publicly available; and limit the notifications or emails you receive from us. Please note that should you opt-out of receiving notifications or emails from us, you will still receive administrative messages from us. If you are receiving texts sent via the Service and you wish to opt out, reply STOP to any such message, or send an email with your cellphone number and the subject line “Opt-Out” to ketchikanflorist@yahoo.com.

If you live in a Designated Region, you have the right to object to our processing of your information based on our legitimate interests and the right to object to the use of your information for direct marketing purposes. You may control our marketing communications to you by accessing your account settings. Additionally, you should review our COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES section for your options to control how we and our partners use cookies and other technologies for advertising. If you no longer wish to use Our services or receive service-related messages, then you may close your account.

If you have any questions about how to exercise these choices, please e-mail us at ketchikanflorist@yahoo.com

  

Information Sharing & Disclosure 

We generally limits access to your Personal Information to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.

We may release your personal information to a third-party in order comply with a subpoena or other similar legal procedure, or when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to comply with the law, prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss, or investigate or take action regarding illegal activities, or suspected fraud.  We may disclose personally identifiable information to parties in compliance with our legal obligations, as we in our sole discretion believe necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy, or other unlawful activity. In such events, We may disclose user or company name, address, phone number, and/or email address as determined by us in our sole and exclusive discretion.

We employs third party service providers to perform tasks on our behalf, and we need to share your information with them to provide products and services to you.  Examples include but are not limited to fulfilling orders, processing payments, handling billing disputes and collections, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance and providing customer service.  We may also partner with third party service providers for fraud prevention and/or identity verification. Your information will be treated as private and confidential by such third party service providers and not used for any other purpose than we authorize.

In the event that We are involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, We reserve the right to sell or transfer user information (including Personal Information) as part of any such transaction. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, we will continue to take measures to protect the confidentiality of personal information and give users notice before transferring any personal information to a new entity. To the maximum extent allowable by law, the Privacy Policy will apply to the user information as transferred to the successor entity.  However, user information submitted after a transfer to a successor entity may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor entity. When you a load a page on the Site that has a social plug-in from a third-party site or service, such as a Facebook Like or Send button, you are also loading content from that third-party site. That site may request cookies directly from your browser. We have no control over these interactions and they are subject to the privacy policy of the third-party site. You will need to check the privacy policies of these third-party sites to understand their policies and how they treat information you provide to them. 

We can only speak for ourselves; this policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that We do not own or control, or individuals that We do not employ or manage.  If you provide your information to others on or throughout the Internet, different rules may apply to the use or disclosure of the information you provide to them.  We do not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable. We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of other websites on the Internet, even those linked to or from the site.  We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

 

Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We uses a variety of technologies to help us better understand how people use the Site.

A cookie is a small data file sent from a web site to your browser that is stored on your computer's hard drive.  We uses our own cookies for a number of purposes, including to access your information when you sign in; keep track of preferences you specify; display the most appropriate content based on your interests and activity on the site; estimate and report our total audience size and traffic; conduct research to improve our content and services.  You can configure your browser's settings to reflect your preference to accept or reject cookies. If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to take full advantage of services offered by the Site.

We use Flash cookies (a.k.a local shared objects or LSOs) to store some of your viewing preferences on our site. Flash cookies are used to collect and store information, but differ from browser cookies in the amount, type and manner in which data is stored.  We does not tie the information gathered by Flash cookies to your personally identifiable information.

We may partner with third-party services who may use various tracking technologies, such as browser cookies or Flash cookies, to provide certain services or features. These technologies allow a partner to recognize your computer each time you visit our site, but do not allow access to personally identifiable information from Us.  We do not have access or control over these third-party technologies, and they are not covered by our privacy statement. You may be able to change browser settings to refuse and/or disable cookies when you access the Site through a web browser. The steps to do this vary depending on the browser used, but generally can be found by using the “Help” feature available on your browser. However, if you do that, the Site may not work properly and/or personalized features of the Site will be disabled. We are not presently configured to respond to DNT or “do not track” signals from web browsers.

 

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. Your account information is protected by a password. It is important that you protect against unauthorized access of your account and information by choosing your password carefully, and keeping your password and computer secure by signing out after using our services. Each password owner is responsible for keeping the password confidential and safe, as we has no control or responsibility for this type of user information.  If the password may have been stolen or might otherwise be misused, it is the responsibility of the password owner to notify us immediately for further action.

We encrypts sensitive information (such as credit card number) using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receives it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.  Your data may be lost during transmission or may be accessed by unauthorized parties. We do not accept any liability for direct or indirect losses as regards the security of your Personal Information or data during its transfer over the Internet. 

 

Data Retention

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services.  If you no longer want to use your information to provide you services, you may close your account. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

 

International Users

The Site is exclusively hosted in the United States.  If you are user accessing the Site from the European Union, Australia, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States which does not have the same data protection laws as such other regions.  User information (including Personal Information or “personal data” as defined by foreign laws) collected through the Site may be stored and processed in the United States, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your home country. If you wish to withdraw your consent, you can delete your account as described in CHOICE AND CONTROL section of this Privacy Policy.

 

For Residents of the State of California Only

 The California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA” or “Act”) provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information.  It should be noted that personal information under the Act does not include publicly available information from governmental records and de-identified or aggregated consumer information.  This section describes your rights under the Act and explains how to exercise those rights. 

Right to Personal Information.

As required by the Act, we will provide you the following information upon a verifiable consumer request:  (1) categories of Personally Identifiable Information that we collect; (2) categories of sources from which the Personally Identifiable Information is collected; (3) the purpose of collecting such Personally Identifiable Information; (4) the categories of third parties with whom we share Personally Identifiable Information; and (5) specific pieces of Personally Identifiable Information collected.  If we sold or disclosed your Personally Identifiable Information for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months, we will provide (a) a list of the categories of personal information that was sold, and (b) a list of the categories of personal information that was disclosed for a business purpose.

Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information.

According to the Act, you may request that your Personally Identifiable Information be deleted.  We will comply with this request once we are able to confirm that we received a verified consumer request.  Please be advised that we may deny your request to delete your Personally Identifiable Information if we need to maintain your Personally Identifiable Information in order to (1) complete a transaction, provide service or goods, or perform a contract for which the Personally Identifiable Information is collected; (2) detect any security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for these activities; (3) debug products and to identify and repair errors that impair functionality of the Service or Website; (4) exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided by law; (5) comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 seq.); (6) engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent; (7) enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us; (8) comply with a legal obligation; or (9) otherwise use your Personally Identifiable Information, for internal use only, that is compatible with the context in you provide the Personally Identifiable Information.

Exercising your CCPA Rights. 

To request (a) information about your Personally Identifiable Information collected or (b) deletion of your Personally Identifiable Information, please email ketchikanflorist@yahoo.com, log into your account and make a request, or standard mail to the address found below. 

We can only respond to verifiable consumer requests.  A verifiable consumer request means a request that is made by consumer, by a consumer on behalf of a consumer’s minor child, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that is authorized to act on your behalf.  Your verifiable consumer request must include (1) sufficient information that allows us to verify your identity or provides sufficient authority to make the request; and (2) describes you request with enough detail to evaluate and respond to your request.   We will not respond to any requests if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm that the personal information belongs to you.  You are not required to create an account in order to make a verifiable consumer request.  We are not required to comply with more than two verifiable requests from the same consumer in a 12-month period of time.

Please allow 45 days to complete your request.  We will inform you if more time is required to complete, but it should take no longer than 90 days.  If you have an account, we may provide our response to your account.  If you do not have an account, we will provide our response according to your requested format, namely, electronically or by mail. Please note that there is no charge for making a request, but we reserve the right to charge a fee if the request is deemed excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded.  We will notify you of any fee and reasons for such fee before completing your request. 

Right to Opt-out of the Sale of Personal Information.

According to the Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your Personally Identifiable Information.  We have not sold your personal information in the preceding 12 months and does not sell your personal information.  We use and share your information as described in this privacy policy and do not believe this use and sharing is a sale as defined by the CCPA.       

Non-Discrimination.

We will discriminate against you because you exercised your rights under the CCPA including: (1) denying goods or services; (2) charging different prices or rates for goods or services through discounts,  benefits, or imposing penalties; (3) providing different level of quality of goods or services; or (4) suggesting that you will receive a different price, rate, quality, or level of goods or services.

 

Privacy Policy Changes

We reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it periodically. We’ll communicate changes by posting a notice on the Site. If we make material changes to this policy you will be notified here, by email, or other places we deem appropriate.

 

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

The Site operates "AS-IS" and "AS-AVAILABLE," without warranties of any other kind.  We are not responsible for events beyond our direct control.  This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of California, excluding conflicts of law principles. Any legal actions against us arising out of or related to the Site or any services offered thereon must be commenced in the County of Los Angeles in the State of California in the United States of America.

 

Contact BloomNation

If you have questions or suggestions you can contact our support team by sending an email to ketchikanflorist@yahoo.com, or writing to:

 

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