PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated September 02, 2024
This Privacy Notice for Bloomology dba by Michelle LaCroix ("we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:
- Visit our website at https://www.bymichellelacroix.com, or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
- Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events
Questions or concerns? Reading
this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and
choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal
information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and
practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at bymichellelacroix@gmail.om.
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process?
When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal
information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the
choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn more
about personal information you disclose to us.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? Some of the information may be considered "special" or "sensitive" in certain jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.
How do we process your information?
We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our
Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and
to comply with law. We may also process your information for other
purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we
have a valid legal reason to do so. Learn more about how we process your information.
In what situations and with which types of parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific categories of third parties. Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal information.
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organizational
and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your
personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the
internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100%
secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals,
or other unauthorized
third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly
collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Learn more about how we keep your information safe.
What are your rights?
Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable
privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal
information. Learn more about your privacy rights.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting bymichellelacroix@gmail.com, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to learn more about what we do with any information we collect? Review the Privacy Notice in full.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short:Â We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express
an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and
Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or
otherwise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your
interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the
products and features you use. The personal information we collect may
include the following:
- names
- email addresses
Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.
All
personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and
accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal
information.
Information automatically collected
In Short:Â Some
information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or
browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you
visit our Services.
We
automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or
navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific
identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device
and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device
characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs,
device name, country, location, information about how and when you use
our Services, and other technical information. This information is
primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services,
and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
The information we collect includes:
- Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called "crash dumps"), and hardware settings).
- Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
- Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short:Â We
process your information to provide, improve, and administer our
Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and
to comply with law. We may also process your information for other
purposes with your consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
- To fulfill and manage your orders. We may process your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services.
- To enable user-to-user communications. We may process your information if you choose to use any of our offerings that allow for communication with another user.
- To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time. For more information, see "WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?" below.
- To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short:Â We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e.,
legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to
comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.
If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.
The
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to
explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your
personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases
to process your personal information:
- Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Learn more about withdrawing your consent.
- Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
- Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
- Send users information about special offers and discounts on our products and services
- Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
- Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e.,
express consent) to use your personal information for a specific
purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In
some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable
law to process your information without your consent, including, for
example:
- If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
- For investigations and fraud detection and prevention
- For business transactions provided certain conditions are met
- If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim
- For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin
- If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse
- If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province
- If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records
- If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced
- If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
- If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations
4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
In Short:Â We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following categories of third parties.
Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents ("third parties") who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We
have contracts in place with our third parties, which are designed to
help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do
anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them
to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any organization apart from us. They also commit to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct.
The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:
- Website Hosting Service Providers
- Payment Processors
- Order Fulfillment Service Providers
- Data Analytics Services
- Communication & Collaboration Tools
We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
5. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
In Short:Â We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We
may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and
pixels) to gather information when you interact with our Services. Some
online tracking technologies help us maintain the security of our
Services, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions.
We
also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking
technologies on our Services for analytics and advertising, including to
help manage and display advertisements, to tailor advertisements to
your interests, or to send abandoned shopping cart reminders (depending
on your communication preferences). The third parties and service
providers use their technology to provide advertising about products and
services tailored to your interests which may appear either on our
Services or on other websites.
To the extent these online tracking technologies are deemed to be a "sale"/"sharing"
(which includes targeted advertising, as defined under the applicable
laws) under applicable US state laws, you can opt out of these online
tracking technologies by submitting a request as described below under
section "DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?"
Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.
Google Analytics
We may share your information with Google Analytics to track and analyze the use of the Services. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across the Services, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.
6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short:Â We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law.
We
will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary
for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer
retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax,
accounting, or other legal requirements).
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize
such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because
your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we
will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any
further processing until deletion is possible.
7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short:Â We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational
security measures designed to protect the security of any personal
information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to
secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or
information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so
we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized
third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly
collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do
our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal
information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should
only access the Services within a secure environment.
8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short:Â We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.
We
do not knowingly collect, solicit data from, or market to children
under 18 years of age, nor do we knowingly sell such personal
information. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least
18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to
such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal
information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we
will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly
delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we
may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at bymichellelacroix@gmail.com.
9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time, depending on your country, province, or state of residence.
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada),
you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These
may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your
personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to
restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if
applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated
decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right
to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make
such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in
the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If
you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully
processing your personal information, you also have the right to
complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority.
If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law,
you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can
withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact
details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows,
will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in
reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
Opting out of marketing and promotional communications:Â You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, or by contacting us using the details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?"
below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we
may still communicate with you — for example, to send you
service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and
use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other
non-marketing purposes.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at bymichellelacroix@gmail.om.
10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT")
feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference
not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and
collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized.
As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any
other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be
tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we
must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a
revised version of this Privacy Notice.
California
law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser DNT
signals. Because there currently is not an industry or legal standard
for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.
11. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short:Â If you are a resident of
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa,
Kentucky, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, or Virginia, you may have the right
to request access to and receive details about the personal information
we maintain about you and how we have processed it, correct
inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal information. You
may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of
your personal information. These rights may be limited in some
circumstances by applicable law. More information is provided below.
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:
Category | Examples | Collected |
A. Identifiers | Contact
details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile
contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet
Protocol address, email address, and account name | YES |
B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records statute | Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information | YES |
C. Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law | Gender, age, date of birth, race and ethnicity, national origin, marital status, and other demographic data | NO |
D. Commercial information | Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information | NO |
E. Biometric information | Fingerprints and voiceprints | NO |
F. Internet or other similar network activity | Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements | NO |
G. Geolocation data | Device location | YES |
H. Audio, electronic, sensory, or similar information | Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities | NO |
I. Professional or employment-related information | Business
contact details in order to provide you our Services at a business
level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you
apply for a job with us | NO |
J. Education Information | Student records and directory information | NO |
K. Inferences drawn from collected personal information | Inferences
drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to
create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s
preferences and characteristics | YES |
L. Sensitive personal Information | ă…¤ | NO |
We
may also collect other personal information outside of these categories
through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by
phone or mail in the context of:
- Receiving help through our customer support channels;
- Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
- Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.
We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide the Services or for:
- Category A - As long as the user has an account with us
- Category B - As long as the user has an account with us
- Category G - As long as the user has an account with us
- Category K - As long as the user has an account with us
Sources of Personal Information
Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect in "WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?"
How We Use and Share Personal Information
Learn about how we use your personal information in the section, "HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?"
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We
may disclose your personal information with our service providers
pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider.
Learn more about how we disclose personal information to in the section,
"WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?"
We
may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such
as for undertaking internal research for technological development and
demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.
We
have not sold or shared any personal information to third parties for a
business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We
have disclosed the following categories of personal information to
third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding
twelve (12) months:
The
categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information
for a business or commercial purpose can be found under "WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?"
Your Rights
You
have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these
rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your
request as permitted by law. These rights include:
- Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
- Right to request the deletion of your personal data
- Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights
- Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising (or sharing as defined under California’s privacy law), the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects ("profiling")
Depending upon the state where you live, you may also have the following rights:
- Right to obtain a list of the categories of third parties to which we have disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including California's and Delaware's privacy law)
- Right to obtain a list of specific third parties to which we have disclosed personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including Oregon’s privacy law)
- Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal data (as permitted by applicable law, including California’s privacy law)
- Right to opt out of the collection of sensitive data and personal data collected through the operation of a voice or facial recognition feature (as permitted by applicable law, including Florida’s privacy law)
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by visiting bymichellelacroix@gmail.com, by emailing us at bymichellelacroix@gmail.com, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.
Request Verification
Upon
receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to
determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in
our system. We will only use personal information provided in your
request to verify your identity or authority to make the request.
However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already
maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information
for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or
fraud-prevention purposes.
If you submit the request through an authorized
agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your
identity before processing your request and the agent will need to
provide a written and signed permission from you to submit such request
on your behalf.
Appeals
Under
certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take action
regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at bymichellelacroix@gmail.om.
We will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in
response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons
for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may submit a complaint
to your state attorney general.
California "Shine The Light" Law
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light"
law, permits our users who are California residents to request and
obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about
categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third
parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all
third parties with which we shared personal information in the
immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident
and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in
writing to us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?"
12. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short:Â Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised"
date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to
this Privacy Notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a
notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We
encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of
how we are protecting your information.
13. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at bymichellelacroix@gmail.com or contact us by post at:
Bloomology dba by Michelle LaCroix
__________
__________
United States
14. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence in the US, you may
have the right to request access to the personal information we collect
from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies,
or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw
your consent to our processing of your personal information. These
rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. To
request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit: bymichellelacroix@gmail.com.
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