SECURITY AND PRIVACY
YOUR USE OF THE Bungalow Potter.COM SITES CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF OUR TERMS OF USE.
THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS ONLY A SUPPLEMENT TO OUR TERMS OF USE. YOU SHOULD CONSULT THE TERMS OF USE FOR TERMS AND POLICIES OTHER THAN PRIVACY.
SECURITY
This Privacy and Security Policy (this “Privacy Policy”) explains how Bungalow Potter and each of its operating subsidiaries and affiliates collects, protects, uses and discloses the Personal Information (defined below) that Bungalow Potter gathers when you use our website located at www.BungalowPotter.com or any other website provided by Bungalow Potter or one of its operating subsidiaries or processing partners (collectively called “the sites”).
BungalowPotter.com and its processing partners have put in place security protocols and technologies to secure the information you provide during your visit to the Sites or when completing your business transaction. However, no information transmitted via the Internet is guaranteed to be 100% secure. Thus, while BungalowPotter.com and its processing partners work to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to or from our websites, and you do so at your own risk.
PRIVACY POLICY
Personal Information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a user ID and password, a first and last name, shipping and billing addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers or other contact information that is gathered by Bungalow Potter as described below. Personal information is not the same as aggregate information, which is information presented in summary or statistical form which does not contain data that would permit the identification of a specific individual without extraordinary effort.
BungalowPotter.com respects your privacy and recognizes your need for appropriate protection and management of the Personal Information you provide during your visit to the Sites. The intent of this privacy policy is to inform you how the contact information you provide is used, the options you have regarding its use, your entitlement to review and correct that information, and your ability to opt out of its use. This Security and Privacy Policy is applicable only to customers in the United States.
To help improve the privacy policy, please send your comments to Consumer-Comments@BungalowPotter.com.
HOW Bungalow Potter GATHERS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
When you register an account, you will be asked to provide your name, telephone number and e-mail address. Additionally, some of the websites’ registry services, such as My Collection or contests, may ask for your birth date, gender, occupation, personal interests, etc. If you are a registered user your contact information is automatically saved.
BungalowPotter.com may send you e-mails or postal mail promoting products or events that, based on your preferences, may be of interest to you, unless you have chosen not to receive them. During registration, you may choose not to receive e-mail solicitations from BungalowPotter.com by selecting the “opt out” option.
When you purchase a product, you will be asked at checkout to provide your contact information, including billing and shipping addresses and credit card information. Your credit card information is not saved, nor is it accessible in the BungalowPotter.com data center or any of the LeCrueset.com files or records. BungalowPotter.com will maintain a record of the products you purchased for yourself or as gifts for others. If you purchase a gift for someone, the recipient’s contact information is automatically saved in your Address Book for your reference. It is your option to provide the information requested. However, if you choose not to provide the information we request, you may be unable to purchase products or subscribe to various services on the website.
When you request to be on the BungalowPotter.com mailing list (for e-mail or regular mail) you will be asked to provide your name, address, e-mail address and telephone number. You have the option to remove yourself at any time from the BungalowPotter.com and Bungalow Potter corporate mailing lists.Any requests to remove or update your contact information may take up to ten days for an e-mail request and six to eight weeks for a postal mail request.
Bungalow Potter’s Use of Cookies and Internet Monitoring Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser in your computer when you visit our Sites. We use cookies to improve the Sites and make them easier to use. Cookies permit us to recognize users and avoid repetitive requests for the same information. Cookies also assist us by identifying the types of browsers and operating systems used most frequently by our customers, and how visitors move through the Sites. All of this information enables us to improve the Sites and tailor them to our customers’ needs and preferences. We use cookies for a variety of purposes intended to make our Sites a better service for you. We reserve the right to use cookies to deliver content specific to your needs and interests. We may also use cookies to track user trends and patterns in order to better understand and improve areas of our sites that our users find valuable. Most browsers will accept cookies until you change your browser settings to refuse them. At any time, you can disable the use of cookies in your browser and still have access to much of the information on the Sites. However, you may not be able to access your account information or complete transactions on the Site unless you permit the use of cookies. In addition, our servers track various technical details about your visit, such as your computer’s Internet protocol address and the pages that you visited.
We also reserve the right to use outside ad companies to display ads on our sites. These ads may contain cookies. Cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad companies, and we do not have access to this information.
Interactive or Social Features of the Bungalow Potter Sites
We offer interactive and/or social aspects on the Sites. For example, if you choose to express an opinion in an online forum, post a recipe, respond to user polls, or enter any contests, we may ask you for Personal Information. If you request to sign up for newsletters or other promotional materials, or if you send an inquiry to one of our customer service representatives, we may store a record of your request along with any Personal Information allowing us to respond to your inquiry.
HOW Bungalow Potter USES PERSONAL INFORMATION
Bungalow Potter uses Personal Information to interact with customers and suppliers and to improve its business processes.
Bungalow Potter uses Personal Information to fulfill orders placed by customers, to respond to the requests of users of the Sites, and to enrich the usefulness of the Sites. Your contact information will also be used should BungalowPotter.com personnel need to contact you via phone, e-mail or postal mail regarding your order. This does not constitute a solicitation. We may also use this data to send you information about products, sales and promotions that may be of interest to you.
Bungalow Potter uses Personal Information as part of aggregate reports.
In addition, Bungalow Potter may use Personal Information, both on an identifiable and aggregate basis, in various analyses intended to help Bungalow Potter better understand its customers and suppliers. Bungalow Potter reserves the right to perform such “data mining” activities at its discretion, subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We may combine Personal Information with other information to create aggregate or summary reports, and we may provide aggregate data to other parties for marketing, advertising and other purposes.
If Bungalow Potter provides information to other parties in aggregate form, such data will not include any identifiable Personal Information concerning specific customers, suppliers or individuals.
IS PERSONAL INFORMATION EVER SHARED OR DISCLOSED?
Personal Information is used to complete and support your use of the Sites and the services provided thereon and to comply with any requirements of law. Bungalow Potter may share Personal Information with third parties only as described below:
Bungalow Potter may disclose Personal Information as required by law and for the protection of Bungalow Potter and others.
Bungalow Potter may disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Bungalow Potter or its affiliates or the Sites; (2) protect and defend the rights, property or safety of Bungalow Potter, our employees and contractors, our users or others; (3) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Bungalow Potter, its Sites or the public; and (4) enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements. The foregoing includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Bungalow Potter may disclose Personal Information to third parties who help us provide our services.
We depend upon third party service providers to provide services to us necessary to run our business. We may transmit your Personal Information to third party service providers who assist us in processing orders and payments, shipping products, sending catalogs, performing surveys, conducting sweepstakes, processing job applications, and sending e-mails and newsletters. We use good faith efforts with these third party service providers to require them to protect the privacy of Personal Information by implementing adequate security measures and by using the Personal Information only as authorized and directed by Bungalow Potter.
Bungalow Potter may disclose Personal Information as part of a corporate transaction.
If Bungalow Potter should ever merge with, acquire or be acquired by another company, whether by merger, stock transfer, or sale of assets, we may disclose, sell or otherwise transfer control of the Personal Information to a third party as part of such a transaction.
Personal Information may be disclosed if you participate in one or more interactive or social features that Bungalow Potter may offer on the Sites.
Bungalow Potter allows other users of the Sites to browse comments, recipes, questions or other entries that you have submitted or commented on in one or more forums, message boards, product ratings, feedback portals or other interactive or social aspects that Bungalow Potter may include on the Sites from time to time. Bungalow Potter may choose to post this data on other features in the future.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
Our websites may contain links to websites operated and maintained by other retailers who may sell Bungalow Potter products. Privacy and security policies and practices on these sites may be different from BungalowPotter.com’s privacy and security policies and practices. BungalowPotter.com has no control over these sites, and you access such linked sites at your own risk. You should always read a site’s privacy and security policies before disclosing any Personal Information on that site.
SITE SECURITY POLICIES
BungalowPotter.com has put in place various procedural, technical and administrative measures to safeguard and secure the Personal Information you provide.
Payment card information is not retained by or available in the BungalowPotter.com data center. To the extent our customers’ Personal Information is maintained by us, it is located on a secured server behind a firewall; it is not directly connected to the Internet. The firewall meets recognized industry standards.
BungalowPotter.com was developed to accept orders only from Internet browsers that permit communication through Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, such as the most commonly used browsers like Internet Explorer (IE) versions 7.0 or higher and Firefox versions 3.0 or higher. SSL is a technology that provides security for information being transmitted over the Internet.
CHOICES FOR MAINTAINING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you do not want to receive e-mail, other than purchase acknowledgements and shipping confirmations, please use the unsubscribe button on the bottom of any e-mail sent to you.
You may also contact BungalowPotter.com by e-mailing us at Consumer-Services@BungalowPotter.com. Please include your name, address and phone number, and state your preference for “no e-mail solicitations,” “no mail solicitations,” “no phone solicitations” or any combination of these. Please allow six to eight weeks for us to fulfill your request.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY PROTECTION
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act that took effect on April 21, 2000 imposes certain requirements on websites directed toward children under age 13 that collect information on those children, or on websites that know they are collecting information on children under 13. BungalowPotter.com’s current policy is to not collect Personal Information from any person under age 13.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83-1798.84 California residents are entitled to ask BungalowPotter.com for a notice describing what categories of personal customer information BungalowPotter.com shares with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties’ or corporate affiliates’ direct marketing purposes. That notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address:
BungalowPotter.com
Attn: Consumer Services Department
114 Bob Gifford Blvd.
Early Branch, SC 29914
In your request, please specify that you want a copy of “Your Bungalow Potter of America’s California Privacy Rights Notice.” Allow 30 days for a response.
FRAUD PROTECTION
Unfortunately, some unscrupulous people may purport to represent BungalowPotter.com. BungalowPotter.com will request your credit card information only when you are in the checkout page of the website, or if you call our Consumer Services team to purchase a product.
When BungalowPotter.com becomes aware that someone or some company is using BungalowPotter.com without our authorization, BungalowPotter.com will take reasonable steps designed to stop that activity. This may take time, and it may be difficult or even impossible to stop that activity. Thus, you should take precautions to protect yourself.
You should keep your password and other Personal Information in a safe location and not share them with anyone. After you complete your visit, please log off your account and close your browser window; this should prevent someone else from accessing your account. This procedure is especially critical if you are sharing a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place, such as a library.
For more information on how to protect yourself, please visit the Federal Trade Commission’s Website at www.ftc.gov.
Data Processing Ownership
Bungalow Potter, 3733 Baxter Ave, Nashville TN 37216,
legal@bungalowpotter.com
Types of Data collected
Among the Data that this Application may collect there are: Cookie, Browsing and usage Data, Various types of data, First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Phone number and Email.
Other Personal Data collected may be highlighted by other sections of this privacy policy or by dedicated explanation text, in the moment when the Data collection happens.
The Personal Data may be freely inserted by the User or the Data Subject, or collected automatically when using the Application.
Any use of Cookies by the Application or the owners of third party services used by the Application, unless stated otherwise, serves to identify the User and remember his/her preferences for the sole purpose of providing the service required by the User.
Failure to provide certain Personal Data, in particular Navigation Data, by deactivating the Application’s Cookies may make it impossible to surf or for the Application to provide its services.
The Personal Data collected may regard both the User and third parties whose data the User provides.
The User assumes responsibility for the Personal Data of third parties published or shared through the Application and declares that (s)he has the right to communicate or broadcast them, thus relieving the Owner of all responsibility towards third parties.
Mode and place of processing the Data obtained
Method of Processing
The Data Controller processes the Data of the Interested Parties and Users in a lawful and proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or unauthorized destruction of the Data. Processing is carried out using computers and / or telematic means, with organizational methods and logics strictly related to the stated purposes.
In addition to the owner, in some cases, access to the Data may be available to external parties (such as third party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies). The updated list of Managers may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Place
The Data are processed at the headquarters of the Data Controller, unless stated otherwise in the rest of this document.
Conservation Time
The Data are kept for the time necessary to perform the service requested by the User, and the User can always ask for their suspension or removal.
The use of the collected Data
The Data concerning the User or the Data Subject are collected for the following purposes: Analytics, Social Applications, Interaction with external social networks and platforms and Contacting the User.
The kinds of Personal Data used for each purpose are given in the specific sections of this document.
The use of Data for additional purposes by the Owner may in some cases, and for legal purposes, require specific consent by the User or the Data Subject.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data and the services provided by third parties
Personal Data collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Google)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine Application use, to prepare reports on an Application’s activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal data collected: Browsing and usage Data and Cookie.
Place of Processing: USA – Privacy Policy
Contacting the User
Contact form (This Application)
By filling in the Contact form with their Data, the Users authorizes the Application to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.
Personal data collected: Date of Birth, Email, First Name, Last Name and Phone number.
Interaction with external social networks and platforms
These services allow interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the Application’s pages.
The interaction and information obtained by this Application are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
If a service enabling interaction with social networks is installed it may still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter)
The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter Inc.
Personal data collected: Browsing and usage Data and Cookie.
Place of Processing: USA – Privacy Policy
Social Applications
These services allow the web site to access the data on your profile in the social networks, and to interact through your post. These services are not activated automatically, but require express authorization by the user.
Twitter App (This Application)
Twitter App. is managed by Twitter, a company that complies with the Safe Harbor Privacy Policy Framework initiative, guaranteeing the handling of Personal Information in compliance with European security standards. The service allows websites to obtain information about the User within Social Networks (for instance name and surname), as well as to interact with his/her/its account, for example by posting messages or other contents. This service becomes active only after the express consent of the User, by means of an appropriate authorization window.
For further information on the use of the Personal Information by Twitter, please consult the following link:twitter.com/privacy
Personal data collected: Various types of data.
Privacy Policy
Additional information about data processing
Legal Protection
The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner of the Application in court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from its improper use or that of related services by the User.
Additional Information
Specific information may be shown on the pages of the Site concerning particular services or the processing of Data provided by the User or by the Data Subject.
Maintenance
The User’s Personal Data may be further used in ways and for purposes required for Application maintenance.
System Logs
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third party services it uses may collect system logs, i.e., files that record interaction – including navigation. They may also contain personal data, such as IP addresses.
Information not contained in this policy
More information on processing Personal Information may be requested from the Owner at any time.
The Rights of Data Subjects
Those persons to whom the Data refer have the right, at any time, to know whether their data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Owner of the Processing System.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
The Application reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page, and by ensuring analogous protection of the Personal Information in all cases. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Information about this privacy policy
The Data Controller is responsible for this privacy policy, prepared starting from the modules provided by Iubenda and hosted on the Iubenda’s servers.
Definitions and legal references
Personal information or Data
Any information regarding a natural person, a legal person, an institution or an association, which is, or can be, identified, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number.
Browsing and usage Data
Information collected automatically from the Site, including the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the users who connect to the site, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the visitor, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page) and the details about the path followed within the site with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the operating system and the user’s IT environment.
User
Means the individual user of the Application’s services or products.
Data Subject
The legal or natural person to whom the Personal Data refer.
Data Processor
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other organization, association or organization designated by the Data Controller for the Personal Data processing system.
Data Controller
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions regarding the purposes, and the methods of processing of Personal Data and the means used, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Site.
Legal information
Notice to European Users: this privacy statement has been prepared in fulfillment of the obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies.
This privacy policy exclusively regards this Application.
