Website Policies

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Regina Mize collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (‘you’) of the website reginamize.com (‘the website’). This Privacy Policy applies to the website and all products and services offered by Regina Mize.

privacy policy

Personally identifiable information such as your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or credit card information is collected from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to the newsletter, contact me, respond to a survey or fill out a form. Submission of said information is voluntary but failing to provide this information may prevent you from engaging in certain website related activities or accessing certain content. 

This website also collects certain non identifiable information about you through Log Data and Google Analytics whenever you interact with this website. Log Data is information about your computer’s Internet Protocol Address, which is your “IP” address, browser information, Internet Service Provider’s information, your operating system, and your browser type. Similarly, Google Analytics collects certain information about your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, equipment you used to access the website, traffic patterns, and other general patterns related to your use of the website.

This information is used to analyze website statistics related to user behavior and interests, improve our performance and your use of the website and to further enhance our products and services offered to you.

what we collect

If you comment on a blog post, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Your name, email address and website/organization name is not shared with a third party, but may be used by me to communicate with you.

Social media accounts and sharing options are available on this website. Social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and so forth) can track your personal information. Should you choose to interact with me on social media, please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing personal information and it becomes public information and can be collected and used by others. We have no control over and take no responsibility for the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly disclosed personal information by you.

Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to any kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others.

comments & social media

Cookies are small files that include an anonymous unique identifier that a website or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information including but not limited to your IP address, geographic location, language preference, and the date and time. We also use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

When you leave a comment on our website, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.

If you have an account and you log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

You will be prompted and asked to accept our website cookies. You do have the option of turning off cookies but refusal to allow cookies may cause some sections of the site to not function properly. Cookies may include strictly necessary cookies as well as cookies placed by Google Analytics.

cookies

In conjunction with the use of cookies, third parties may also use web beacons, which are also known as clear GIFs, web bugs or pixel tags to collect general information about your use of our website. They monitor user activity and are used to track customer behavior data. This information may be relevant to third parties such as the ad networks used on our website to tailor the advertising based on your behavior and interests.

We may use social media pixels to track and collect general information about your use in compliance with different social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, etc) for the purpose of promoting products, tracking conversions, remarketing, running target advertisements and so forth.

Third parties like Facebook may use their own cookies, web beacons and other technologies to collect and receive information from our website for the purpose of providing target advertisements. You may see our ads on Facebook after you have visited our website.  

Web beacon & pixels

This information is used to personalize your experience, improve the website to better serve you, provide customer service support, efficiently process your requests or transactions, tailor advertisements to you, elicit reviews of services or products, provide you offers, promotions and to follow up with you through correspondence (email, live chat, or phone). We may also use this information to provide you offers and promotions from our partners and/or our affiliates in exchange for a commission without additional cost to you.

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include an unsubscribe link and instructions at the bottom of each email.

Usage of information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our website.

protection of information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information; however, we may share your information with trusted third 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 information to comply with local, state, or federal regulations, aid in criminal investigations, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.

We may also disclose information to our successor and/or acquiring party in the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution or partial sale in the future. However, your personal information will be transferred to the acquiring party in accordance with this privacy policy.

Disclosure of information

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information from or about children under the age of 13 without prior parental or guardian consent. If you believe personal information is being or has been collected from someone under the age of 13 without parental or guardian consent, please contact us to have that information deleted.

children's online privacy protection act compliance

You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials and any other content related to this website. When you send an email, your email message along with email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. This information is kept confidential and we do not share, sell or trade your email information with third parties except as otherwise stated in this privacy policy.

If you are in the European Union and opt in to receive any of our free products or services and/or purchase any products or services through our website then you will be subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you affirmatively consent to it.

If you are NOT in the European Union then you will be automatically subscribed to receive our free email newsletter once you opt in to receive any of our free products or services and/or purchase any products or services through our website.

Please see Opt Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.

email marketing

We comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and do not spam or send misleading information. Should you wish to no longer receive communication from us, you have the option of unsubscribing by clicking “unsubscribe” in the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting us.

We also comply with the GDPR by utilizing an email provider who is in compliance.  

opting out of email

Under the GDPR, if you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain rights and information. We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of:
  • You ask us to delete the information by emailing a request. Please note that such requests may result in you no longer being able to access paid or free content previously provided to you.
  • Our decision to cease using our existing data providers.
  • The Company decides to no longer be in business or continue to offer the services.
  • The data is no longer needed to provide you service, is too costly to maintain further retention, or the Company finds it outdated.

You have the right to request access to your data that we store and have the ability to access your personal data, to either rectify or erase your personal data, to verify the accuracy of your personal data and have it corrected or removed completely, and to seek restrictions on the processing of your data. When you restrict the processing of your data, we can store your data but cannot process it further.

You also have the right to object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances including but not limited to direct marketing, profiling, scientific or historical research purposes, statistical purposes, automated decision making and profiling and tasks based on legitimate interests or in the public interest/exercise of official authority.

You have the right to the portability of your data and to request your personal data from us, receive it and transfer it to another controller.

You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. If you have provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

We require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.


GDPR Compliance

If you reside in California, you are entitled to additional rights under California law and we ensure compliance with the CCPA. Here are your rights:
  • You have the right to know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed to third parties.
  • You have the right to say no to the sale of your personal information.
  • You also have the right to access your personal information, which we will provide within 30 days of such request.
  • You have the right to know what personal information is collected from you and how it is used, which we explained in this Privacy Policy
  • You have the right to have your personal information deleted
  • You have the right to equal service, price and no discrimination
  • You have the right to data portability and right to request your personal information and use it for your own purposes

Pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light Act,” you are permitted to request information about the manner in which we share certain categories of information with third parties for their marketing use. We may disclose your personal information to our affiliates or other related third parties such as service providers, vendors for their use in marketing to you, so we can provide the products and/or services offered on this website to you. When we disclose such information, your personal information is still kept confidential and between us and that third party. It is not used for any other purpose that’s not permitted under the laws.

Please be advised we DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION to third parties and have never sold your personal information. We do not intend to sell your personal information in the future either.

Under the CCPA, you still have the right to opt-out of such sales and send us a “do not sell my information” request. If you would like to exercise any of your rights under California law, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by email. Only yourself or someone you authorize to act on your behalf can make such verifiable consumer requested related to your personal information.

Your verifiable consumer request must provide sufficient information that allows us to verify that you are the person you are claiming to be or that you are the authorized representative of such person about whom we had collected personal information. You must describe your request with enough details such as your first and last name, address and your country that allow us to properly understand the request and respond to it. Please note we cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information unless we first verify your identity or authority to make such a request and confirm that the personal information relates to you. We will make all attempts to respond to your request within 30 days of receipt.

This privacy notice for California residents supplements the information included in the previous sections of this privacy policy. California and Delaware law also requires us to state whether we honor “Do Not Track” settings in your browser regarding targeted advertising. We do not monitor or respond to Do Not Track browser requests.

CCPA COMPLIANCE

The security of your personal information is important to us, and we strive to follow generally commercial industry standards to protect your personal information submitted to us voluntarily and automatically. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security of your information. When you make a credit card purchase or purchase through any means on the website, you will be directed to a third party vendor to complete the transaction. Any information you provide during the checkout process is not stored on our website but instead provided to the third party vendor that completes the purchase transaction.

By using this website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and for any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that we cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through our website without our knowledge and consent.

Security

Please also visit our Terms and Conditions page that establishes rules, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of the website.

Terms & Conditions

The website owner has the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Updates and revision dates will be noted at the bottom of the page. I encourage you to check this page for changes to monitor how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. It is your responsibility to review this policy periodically and be familiar with any modifications.

This policy was last modified on 01/28/2023.

Changes to our privacy policy

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact me.

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