FIGMENT & FORM - PRIVACY POLICY
At Figment and Form, we value our readers and we respect your concerns about privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains our policies and procedures regarding information we collect from or about our readers and customers and their use of our services. We intend to give you a clear understanding and provide you with a level of comfort and confidence in how we collect, use and safeguard information that we collect.
This Privacy policy also describes the choices you can make about how we collect and use certain information and explains how you can contact us if you have questions or concerns. By providing information to us or by using our services, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
Personal Identifiable information (PII) as used in US privacy law and information security is information that can be used on its own or with another information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.
What information we collect and how do we collect it.
Our website typically collect two types of information from you: 1 – Information that you provide to us that personally identifies you; and 2 – Information about you that does not personally identify you that we automatically collect when you visit our website or that you provide to us.
When you provide personal identifiable information to us, we use it for the purposes for which it was provided to us as stated at the point of collection or as obvious from the context of collection. The type of information collected depends on how you use our website, such as:
• When you submit a service or appointment request via our contact forms, e-mail or telephone we may collect the following information in order to fulfil the services requested by you.
• Name
• Address
• Email Address
• Payment Information
• Telephone Number
• Company Name
• Communication Preference
• Website URL
• Comments, questions, or other information provided in online/ digital or paper forms or via chat function
• When you send us an e-mail or message requesting information, we collect your e-mail address so that we can respond to you.
• We may collect certain contact information from you when you register and/or participate in an event, program, contests, surveys or other promotions that we may offer from time to time.
• When you interact with us on social media platforms, we may collect information about you. If you post information or otherwise interact with us through social media websites, social media platform plug-ins, or other applications we use, we may collect or receive information that you provide or that is automatically collected by the social media platform. Information that you post on social media platforms may become public, depending on your account settings. Information collected by social media platforms when you interact with their services is governed by the social media platforms’ respective privacy policies. For more information about how you can customize your privacy settings and how third-party social media websites handle your personal information, please refer to their privacy policies. We have a presence on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest.
• Our email newsletter is used to communicate new blog posts, contests, offers, and other Figment & Form content related news and events we think may be of interest to you (as permitted by law). If a user requests to receive our email newsletters, they need to provide a valid email address. Real names need not be used to request newsletters.
• You may be required to provide your email address and create an account that will allow you to comment on our Blog. When you comment on our Blog we read and collect data shown in the comments form.
• When you browse our website, we and our third party Service Providers may also collect data about how you access and use our website and information about the device you use to access our website. This “non-personal information” which by itself cannot be used to identify or contact you includes demographic information (such as your age, gender, income, education, zip code, etc.) technical information (such as your web browser type and version, Operating system, IP address, location, device type etc.) about your device and information you provide to us while using our website such as terms you enter in the search function on our website. We typically collect this information through a variety of tools, including cookies, web beacons, pixels, social media widgets, and similar technology (collectively, “tracking technologies”).
How do we use your information?
The information we collect from you may be used in the following way:
To personalize your experience and allow us to deliver content that is most relevant to you.
To helps us evaluate consumer trends and usage related to our website, enabling us to better understand our audience.
To help us manage our business needs, such as monitoring, analysing, and improving the services and the website’s performance and functionalities to better serve you.
To manage risk and protect the website. We use data to better protect our services, our website, and you by helping to detect and prevent fraud and abuse of the website and our services.
For other purposes for which you provide your consent. We will use your information for other purposes which are disclosed to you at the time your information is collected, or for purposes which can be inferred from or are obvious given the circumstances of collection. For example, if you give us your personal information when entering a contest, we will use that information to facilitate your participation in that contest.
To whom do we disclose your information?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal identifiable information to third parties, sponsors, advertisers or non-affiliated parties.
This does not include website hosting partners and other trusted parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or providing services to you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
We do not share your personal information with third parties except in the circumstances discussed below.
1 - Within Figment and Form.
2 – Trusted third parties who assist us in operating our websites and marketing campaigns.
3- Business Partners and contractors, as and if necessary to perform services requested by you, with you explicit consent and in compliance with legal requirement.
Additionally, we may be required to disclose your personal information and other related information in response to court orders, or other lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. We may also collect and share personal information in order to investigate or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, violations of our terms or as otherwise required by law or by government and regulatory authorities.
What choices do you have about your personal information?
Information Provided by You
Depending on the activity, some of the information we ask you to provide is mandatory and some is voluntary. Whether or not to provide such information is completely your own choice. But if you choose not to provide the information we request, you may be unable to access certain features and content of our website as a guest, or we may not be able to fulfil a request for our services.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by e-mailing us at unsubscribe@figmentandform.com or mailing us at:
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Newsletters
We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us.
If you prefer not to receive information from us, you may unsubscribe from emails from us by clicking the Unsubscribe at the bottom of any promotional email from us.
You may also let us know by sending your written request via email to unsubscribe@figmentandform.com Please include your current contact information and your requested changes.
Cookies
Cookies optimizes the user experience and helps our website run effectively. We place cookies on your device in order to provide you with personalized access to essential services, enhance website functionality, and to show you offers and services tailored to your interests.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data that a website or its service provider can transfer through your Web browser (if you allow) and store on your hard drive that identifies your computer. Cookies help to navigate from page to page on a website, provide secure connections, gather statistics about the usage and effectiveness of our site, and remember preferences from a previous visit.
We may use trusted third-party services for analytics and interest-based advertising purposes. These service providers and ad partners may use cookies alone or in conjunction with unique identifiers, beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website, open our emails, or interact with our ads.
For example, we may use Google Analytics to help us analyse how visitors use our websites and mobile applications. The information generated by the cookie, including your IP address, is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors’ use of the website and mobile applications, and to compile statistical reports on website activity for us. If you do not want any information to be collected and used by Google Analytics, you can install an opt-out in your web browser.
We do not authorize any other third parties to collect any other personal information from our website unless you provide it to them directly.
We use cookies for a variety of reasons:
• To enable, facilitate and streamline the functioning of our site across different webpages and browsers sessions;
• Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits, making your access more seamless;
• To help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can optimize site experiences and tools in the future;
• To show you content that is more relevant to you.
Cookie Choices
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change your browser’s settings to disable all or certain cookies if you wish. Please note that by disabling or deleting cookies, you may not be able to access the full functionality of our website. Disabling or clearing cookies also may affect cookie-based opt-outs by either preventing you from using such cookie-based opt-outs or clearing opt-outs that you previously set.
For more information on how to manage browser cookies, see http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
You may control your advertising preferences or opt-out of certain Google advertising products by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager, currently available at https://google.com/ads/preferences or by vising NAI’s online resources at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices.
You also can learn more about opting out of third parties’ use of cookies used to tailor ads and other content by visiting http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp and http://www.aboutads.info/choices.
Do Not Track
Because we do not track our site users over time and across third-party websites, we do not respond to browser do-not-track signals.
How do we protect your information?
We take security seriously and take reasonable physical, technical, and organizational measures to protect the personal information collected on our website. Unfortunately, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. As we deem appropriate, we use security measures consistent with industry standards. However, we cannot guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that information you provide us won’t be intercepted during transmission over the Internet.
Links to Third Party Sites
We may include or offer third party products or services on our website, therefore our site may contain links to other sites hosted by third parties. Figment and Form does not control, and is thus not responsible or liable for, the content, activities or privacy practices and policies of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. We also seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Information you post to our website
Any information you choose to share and post to our website and our pages on social media platforms, including blog comments, photos, reviews, can be seen, collected and used by anyone who visits our website and social media pages. We are not responsible for unauthorized third-party uses of such information.
Children’s Privacy
No part of our website is designed to attract anyone under the age of 13. We do not market services or products for purchase by children.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13.
If you are a parent/guardian and you suspect that your child may have submitted personal information to us, please send us an email. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will strive to delete such information from our files as soon as possible.
Your California Privacy Rights
Residents of the State of California have the right to request a list of all third parties to which we have disclosed certain information during the preceding year for the third parties’s direct marketing purpose. However, it is our policy to neither disclose personal information, nor to sell such information to third parties for the third parties direct marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
Fair Information Practices
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 data breach occur:
We will notify the users via email within 7 business days.
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.
GDPR COMPLIANCE
Individuals within the European Union
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018 and whilst we support these regulations for a safe and secure browsing experience or our European readers, please note that if you are located outside the United States you may be transferring your personal information to a country that does not have the same data protection laws as your home country.
The details below outline what we are doing to comply with the GDPR.
If you are an individual located in the European Union (EU), we collect and process personal data about you where we have a legal basis for doing so under applicable EU laws. This means we collect and process your data only when:
•It is necessary for a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your individual privacy interests), such as preventing fraud, improving our website, and increasing the security of the website and network infrastructure;
•You have consented to this collection and processing for a specific purpose;
•It is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations; or
•It is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw or decline consent at any time. An example of where we rely on your consent to process your personal data includes sending you our newsletter and marketing emails. If you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact us at unsubscribe@figmentandform.com
Where we rely on our legitimate interests to process your personal data, you may have the right to object. More information on exercising this right can be found in the Individual Rights section below.
If you have any questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal data, please contact us hello@figmentandform.com
Individual Rights
If you are located in the EU, you have certain rights under EU data protection law with respect to your personal data, including the right to request access to, correct, and delete your personal data. You may also have the right to receive a copy of your personal data in a commonly used and machine-readable format, and to transmit such data to another controller. You also may object to processing of your personal data, or ask that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain instances.
To request deletion of, access to, or to make changes to your personal data, or to any of the rights in this section, please email us at hello@figmentandform.com. Please note that not all requests can be honoured.
Transfers, Storage, and Processing
For personal information received from the European Union, European Economic Area, or Switzerland, whilst we at Figment and Form are committed to handling your personal information in accordance with this Policy and will endeavour to comply with EU regulations, please do note that our website is operated from and hosted on servers located in the United States.
If you access and use our website from a location outside of the United States, any personal data you provide to us or that is otherwise collected may be transferred to and processed in the United States or any other jurisdiction in our sole discretion. Users of our website should be aware that the laws that apply to the use and protection of personal data in the United States may differ from those of your country of residence. Users who access or use our website from jurisdictions outside of the United States do so at their own choice and risk, and are solely responsible for compliance with local law. While we take steps to safeguard your personal data, the United States has NOT been deemed by the European Commission to ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data. Accordingly, the level of protection provided in the United States or other non-EU countries and jurisdictions from which you may access our website may not be as stringent as that under EU data protection standards or the data protection laws of some other countries, possibly including your home jurisdiction.
By using our website and its services you agree that any personal data that you provide to Figment and Form, or that is otherwise collected, may be transferred to and processed in the United States in accordance with our Privacy Statement, you consent to allow your personal data to be transferred across borders to the United States.
Changes and Updates to Privacy Policy
Figment and Form reserves the right to change this Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website, we encourage you to check back periodically and review this policy so that you know what information we collect, how we use it, and with whom we share it.
You are deemed to have accepted the terms of the Policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations.
This Policy was last updated on January 30, 2020.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.
You may contact us at any time at hello@figmentandform.com to (1) see what personal information we have about you, if any, (2) change or correct any personal information we have about you, 3) have us delete any personal information we have about you, or 4) express any complaints or concerns you have about our use of your personal information. It is not technologically possible to change or delete each and every instance of the information we hold on you from our systems, and data may remain in non-erasable or aggregate form. We may retain data for a period in our backup or temporary systems. We may also retain some information for longer periods as required by law, contract, or auditing requirements.
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