Effective Date: October 19, 2019 onward
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online on BeardProfile.com.
PII, as used in information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website. At times, it may be referred to simply as "information" or "data" below.
We're committed to protecting personal data and only use it in accordance with legal obligations and business. By accessing or using our website and any of its services, you agree to the terms set forth in this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, and other terms and policies posted on this website. If you do not agree, you must cease use of this website and any services provided by it or its owner, Obstance LLC.
When ordering a product or service from our site, you may be asked to enter the following:
These are only required if you are making a transaction with us. While the fields are "required" when viewing your account settings, you do not need to enter this information into your account unless you choose to make a purchase and proceed to checkout.
Additionally, if you create an optional account on this site, we ask for a username, which can be used to log in. The choice of what you input as a username is yours. Other information you explicitly decide to share with us through our services may be collected as well.
Along with information you give us, we utilize tracking to learn where our customers come from:
We collect information from you when you explicitly the enter information on our site. This can be entered through your account settings or during checkout as either a guest or registered user.
We collect this when you visit and browse the website, so long as your cookie settings allow us to. We honor 'Do Not Track' signals.
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
Our website and servers are checked on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible. As well, we are dedicated to protecting your information and employ strict electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard it.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and are not stored directly on our servers.
We implement a variety of security measures when you place an order, enter, submit, or access your information; to maintain the safety of your personal information.
Cookies are small files that a site or its service providers transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser — if your browser settings allow — that enables the site or its service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
Cookies are a standard on many, if not most websites on the internet.
They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with an improved browsing experience. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Firefox or Chrome) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookie preferences.
If you disable cookies, many features of the site may not function correctly. It should not adversely affect your reading experience of articles and site content, although things such as logging into the website or adding items to your cart will not function correctly without the use of cookies.
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you; so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information (anonymous aggregate data) may be provided to other parties for marketing, research, or other uses.
We may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and try to share only those sites in which are of high quality, such as Amazon.com links for example.
We use Google Analytics and Facebook (Pixel) as our data processors. Their use is to compile data that enables us to further expand business and marketing, and to help us see what we're doing wrong or right via statistics and charts. IP addresses gathered by Google Analytics are anonymized.
Our software has and uses the ability to integrate with Google Analytics and Facebook's Pixel to show when actions such as registering an account have been made.
You may be interested in opting out of Google Analytics altogether (which includes all websites you visit). Beyond Google, there are other sorts of data collection, such as the Facebook Pixel, Amazon Ad System, etcetera. The below links may be helpful to your privacy needs.
This site makes the use of affiliate links to earn income by linking to what we believe are reputable sellers or marketplaces (such as Amazon.com and eBay). We may also be paid for sponsorship of particular products or companies.
If a link leads away from this site bear in mind that we may make a portion of any sales made through that link.
We utilize services such as Akismet and Google’s ReCaptcha (v2 and/or v3 depending on when and where we are using the service on our website) to help protect us against unwanted spam. These are minimally intrusive, particularly Akismet, though you may want to read each privacy policy and terms of use to see how they use data that comes from our website.
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule. It spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under 13 and will not knowingly collect or retain their information should we discover it through our services.
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States, and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a known data breach occur:
We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
Note that not all emails sent by us are commercial emails, and as such do not apply to this policy.
CalOPPA is the first state law in the United States to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy.
– See more at: ConsumerCal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/
We honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
It’s also important to note that we allow third party behavioral tracking.
In accordance with European Union data protection regulations, you have certain rights in respect to your personal information.
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