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Balmie, accessible at https://www.balmie.com/ (“Website”), operates under the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
We hold a strong commitment to respecting and protecting your privacy. The main objective of this Privacy Policy is to provide you with clear information regarding the collection and usage of personally identifiable information. It is important to emphasize that this statement pertains solely to this particular website.
What data do we gather, and how is it used?
Information Voluntarily Provided by Users
The Website may collect personal data from users, including but not limited to names and email addresses. For instance, users may voluntarily furnish information to the Website by engaging in activities such as leaving comments, subscribing to newsletters, or completing contact forms. Furthermore, users have the option to establish a user profile, enabling them to create a unique username and password. While we securely store the username, it’s important to note that passwords remain confidential in our records.
Automatically-Collected Information
As users access the Website, certain information about them and their device is automatically collected. This includes but is not limited to, IP addresses, operating system types, browser types, referring websites, viewed pages, and timestamps of access. Additionally, we may gather data pertaining to user actions on the Website, such as clicked links.
Cookies
The Website may employ the use of cookies, which are small data files stored on users’ browsers. These cookies can be either session cookies, expiring upon browser closure, or persistent cookies, persisting until manually deleted. They serve to enhance user experiences on the Website by personalizing interactions.
Potential Uses of Your Information
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.
Third-Party Handling of Personal Information
We may, with your explicit consent, share your information with third parties. Furthermore, the Website engages third-party service providers to manage various aspects of its operations. The usage of your personal information by these third-party service providers is governed by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
- Google Analytics: This service monitors Website usage and provides insights into activities such as referring websites and user interactions on the Website. While Google Analytics may capture your IP address, it does not collect any other personal information.
- MailChimp: This service is employed for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. For the purpose of sending these communications, we store your name and email address. You may refer to MailChimp’s privacy policy for further details.
As of the current moment, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. It is important to note that this list may be subject to updates at the sole discretion of the Website.
With the exception of situations mandated by law, we are committed to not selling, distributing, or disclosing your email addresses or other personal information without your explicit consent. However, we reserve the right to disclose or transfer personal information gathered through the Website to third parties in cases where they acquire our business in part or in full, as a result of a merger, consolidation, or asset acquisition, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings involving us.
Anonymous Data Handling
Periodically, we may use anonymous data, which, on its own, does not identify you individually, or when combined with data from other parties. Such anonymous data may be shared with third parties for purposes like marketing, advertising, or other applications. Instances of this anonymous data may include analytics or information gathered through cookies.
Information Visible to the Public
When you leave a comment on this website, specific information may become publicly visible. To establish a user profile, you must select a username and password, and provide your email address for profile verification. It’s important to note that your email address will never be accessible to the public. Additionally, you have the choice to include an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.
Other users of the website may have access to your username, avatar, profile description, and website information.
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, and 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 their 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 their Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
Rights Related to Your Personal Information
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at [email protected] to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to [email protected].
Amend – You may contact us at [email protected] to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to [email protected].
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes, complete transactions, or when required by law.
Sensitive Personal Information
Under no circumstances should you provide sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes details such as your social security number, race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. In the event you choose to provide such information, it will be governed by this Privacy Policy.
Children’s Information
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Contact Information
At any time, please contact us at [email protected] for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: Sep 7, 2023