Privacy Policy
CIRCA GENEVIEVE ID, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company (“Circaphiles” “we” or “us”), respects the privacy of your information and understands that your privacy is important. We want you to understand what information we collect from users of our website https://circaphiles.com/ (the “Site”), how we handle that information and how you can contact us to correct any information that we may have. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us.
By accessing our Site, you expressly consent and agree to the terms and conditions of this “Privacy Policy”, including our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
As a visitor, you may browse the Site to find out more about us. You are not required to provide us with any personal information as a visitor. However, when you use the Site, we automatically collect certain computer information by the interaction of your mobile phone or web browser with Circaphiles. Such information is typically considered non-personal information. We may automatically gather general statistical information about our Web site and visitors, such as IP addresses, browsers, pages viewed, number of visitors, goods and services purchased, etc., but in doing so we do not reference you by individual name, e-mail address, home address, or telephone number. We use this data in the aggregate to determine how much our customers use parts of our site so we can improve our site. We may provide this statistical information to third parties, but when we do so we do not provide personally-identifying information without your permission. We may use “cookies” on our Site to collect information about use of our Site and to assist you with navigation during a use session or in completing certain forms and certain of these “cookies” may be retained on your computer. Preference and options configurations in your browser determine if and how a cookie will be accepted. You can change those configurations on your computer if you desire. By changing your preferences, you can accept all cookies, you can be notified when a cookie is set, or you can reject all cookies. If you do so and cookies are disabled, you may be required to reenter your information more often and certain features of our site may be unavailable.
Additionally, Circaphiles may collect certain personal information in order to qualify you for Membership. In providing personal information to us, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers located in the United States.
The personal information we collect from Members may include the following:
- Name, age, email address, phone number, username, password, and any other information you provide;
- Business license No., resale certificate no., business information (including: location of business, locations where you have designed projects, website, years in business, typical number of projects per year, revenue range, information regarding staff, work history), school experience, transcript; and
- Payment information (if you choose to purchase Membership or our services, we collect payment information through our payment processor. All payment information is securely stored by our payment processor).
How and Why We Use Your Personal Information
We use your personal information to allow you to gain Membership, to provide you with information or services you request, to customize the Site for the user’s experience and for data aggregation purposes. We also use your personally identifiable information to address problems, protect against error, fraud and criminal activity and to inform you about items, services, offers and updates on or with respect to our Site. We also may compare and review personal information to identify users using multiple identifications or aliases and to check for errors, omissions and accuracy. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to manage our Web site and to enhance our site based on the usage pattern data we receive. We retain the right to collect and use any non-personal information collected from the visitor’s use of the Site and aggregate such data for internal analytics to improve the Site and/or Circaphiles services. At no time is the visitor’s personally identifiable information included in such data aggregations.
Disclosure of Your Personal Information
We also provide your personally identifiable information to our service providers, such as in connection with credit card processing, bill collecting and hosting services. These service providers have agreed to use such information only for the purpose of providing services to us and for your transactions.
We also can release your personally identifiable information in connection with an investigation of fraud, theft, intellectual property infringement, piracy or other unlawful activity.
Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
We may also provide your personally identifiable information to credit bureaus with which we may report information about your account, including information on late payments, missed payments, or other defaults on your account may be reflected in your credit report.
If we are involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your personal information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Changing Your Information.
You may review and change your personally identifiable information by logging into your Membership account on our Site and modifying your information. You must promptly update your personal information if it changes or is inaccurate.
Upon your written request, we will deactivate your account and remove your personally identifiable information from our active database, but we can maintain your personally identifiable information in our records to be used for purposes such as billing, collecting, fraud protection and to resolve disputes.
Retention of Your Personal Information
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Third Parties
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your consent.
We are not responsible for and have no control over the privacy policies of and use of information by third parties’ web site that you may link to from our Site, including, without limitation, any third party payment processor. You should review any third parties’ policies prior to accessing or using such third parties’ sites and if any of such policies are not acceptable, you should not use such third parties’ sites or services. We cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting such sites as such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.
Service Providers
We employ third party companies and individuals to provide Circaphiles related services or to assist us in analyzing how the Site and Circaphiles services are used. These third-parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
· Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
· Payments processors
We provide paid services on Circaphiles. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council.
“Do Not Track” Clause
Note that your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to websites and online services you visit. Like many websites and online services, Circaphiles currently does not alter its practices when it receives a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor or Member’s browser. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” you may learn more at http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
Security
We employ reasonable and current security methods to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure correct use of information. Please keep in mind, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online to other users—for example in our Online Community—that information can be collected and used by others. No data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be faultlessly secure. As a result, while we try to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Children Privacy Policy
Our Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not provide any information on our Site without parental or guardian consent.
Email Policy
Circaphiles and our affiliates fully comply with national laws regarding spam. You can always opt out of receipt of further email correspondence from us and/or our affiliates. We agree that we will not sell, rent, or trade your email address to any unaffiliated third-party without your permission.
Updates to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Your access or continued use of our Site after any revisions are made to our Privacy Policy shall constitute acceptance of any such changes. Therefore, each time you access this Site you should consult our Privacy Policy to view its terms. In the event we make material changes to our Privacy Policy, we may notify you on Circaphiles, by email, or by any method we determine.
This Privacy Policy became effective on September 1, 2020.
Contact
If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, please contact us.