At The Stucco Guy, I am committed to providing you with a safe, fun, and informative website, without the worry of your personal information being used inappropriately. While you are on thestuccoguy.com, some information is gathered about you. This information, which is typical of most websites, helps us to know how many people visit the site and how we can best serve you.
Our Privacy Policy is explained below. This Privacy Policy may be updated frequently, so if you are extraordinarily sensitive about data collection, you may want to keep checking back.
1. Information We Collect from You
Data can be collected and processed when our website is in operation by you. The following are approved methods of collection:
1.1 If you register for information or complete a purchase, by filling out a form we can collect the information provided. The Stucco Guy does not store any credit card information, only your Paypal email address. We never see your credit card information, only Paypal does.
1.2 Traffic data, weblogs, location data, and any other communication can be collected. These details come from your visit to our site and any resource tools you use while on the site.
1.3 Any communication on our website or to The Stucco Guy staff or its assigns. This includes contact forms on the site, email communication, commenting on the website, etc.
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. In addition, you are able to create a user profile, which allows you to create a username and password. We will store the username, but your password will not be visible in our records.
Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile. If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account. The Website utilizes the Facebook commenting system, so if you choose to comment on a Website post, your profile picture will appear.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
2. Use of Cookies
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
Circumstances may arise when we may need to gather information about your computer to help provide appropriate services or products to you or to prevent SPAM. This information may be shared with advertisers on The Stucco Guy.
Cookies are used to collect general statistics about the type of users of this website. We may use cookies to improve your experience, but if you are sensitive about cookies, you can simply block them on any modern web browser.
If our advertisers use cookies it will result from a click on their ad, so if you want to prevent advertiser cookies, simply avail yourself of the “block cookies” feature of your web browser.
3. Use of Your Personal Information
3.1 Any commitment we make on a contracted basis with you or with others.
3.2 If information is requested from Improve Photography concerning services or products that we offer, we may use your personal information.
3.3 Notification re- changes or improvements may be sent to you in regards to product or service changes that could affect our service to you.
3.4 Existing customers can be contacted on the topic of photography goods or services related to a previous sale, if we feel you might be interested in additional books, apps, or other related products.
3.5 Added use of your data may include permission for third parties to use your data. This permission would be granted by you in regards to unrelated products or services that may be in your interests. We or third parties can only contact you in regards to this information if consent has been provided for information collection.
3.6 Personally identifiable data about you, which could be used to disclose your identity, is never shared with third parties without your consent.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
4. Storing Your Personal Data
4.1 Your data is safely secured in encrypted locations around the world.
4.2 Secured servers are used by our company to ensure proper data storage. Information on transactions is kept encrypted for safety measures.
4.3 Transmission of data on the internet is inherently insecure. We do not and cannot guarantee security of information collected electronically or transmitted; however, we take reasonable steps to provide security. As a result of our inability to guarantee safety, you are submitting information to us at your own risk. The only way to be truly safe is to not transmit any data to The Stucco Guy.
5. Disclosing Your Information
5.1 Personal information to third parties may be disclosed:
5.2 This disclosure occurs when we sell all or a section of our business or assets to a third party.
5.2.1 Personal information can be offered to any member of our company, such as subsidiaries, holding companies and their subsidiaries only if deemed appropriate.
5.2.2 Legal requirements may force us to share your information.
5.2.3 Lowering credit risk and fraud protection may result in information disclosure.
6. Third Party Links
Links might be discovered on our site that direct you to third parties. You should check their terms of use and privacy policy. We do not accept liability or responsibility for their privacy policies or their actions.