Privacy

Introduction and Acceptance of Privacy Policy

Sweet and Sabroso LLC (“we”, “us” or “our”) values your privacy. In order to better protect your privacy, this Privacy Policy sets forth our privacy policies and practices and related terms and conditions regarding the information and personal data collected and used at www.sweetandsabroso.com (the “Website”).  Please review this Privacy Policy before using the Website. By using the Website, you consent to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this Privacy Policy, please refrain from using the Website.

 

Information We Collect

Personally Identifiable Information

In order to respond to your questions, comments or other requests for information and provide you with opportunities to learn more about us and products and services in which we think you might be interested, we ask that you provide us with certain personally identifiable information. The personally identifiable information that we may collect includes the following: your name, email address, telephone number, and website URL. By providing your personal information on the Website, you consent to allow us to use that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Any personally identifiable or other information that you voluntarily share on the Website, such as comments or board posts, or on any other blog, social media or other public forum that we may use or develop in the future, will become public information. As we cannot control the actions of third parties, please use caution when voluntarily sharing personally identifiable or other information on the Internet. All such information sharing is optional and done so at your own risk.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

We may also collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit certain pages of the Website, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows Vista, Mac OS), the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., Time Warner Cable, Comcast, AT&T), the name of the webpages you visit, the time you access our webpages, and the length of time you stay on those pages. We collect this information in order to determine which areas of the Website are most popular and to enhance your experience with the Website. This information may also be shared with third parties on an aggregate and non-personally identifiable basis. The Website may use third party analytics services, such as Google Analytics. Such services may record mouse clicks, mouse movements, scrolling activities as well as any text you type in the Site.  These services do not collect personally identifiable information that you do not voluntarily enter in the Website. These services do not track your browsing habits across websites which do not use the services.

 

How We Use Your Personally Identifiable Information

We use your personally identifiable information to provide the requested information or content, respond to your inquiries about our offerings, respond to a comment made on the Website, offer you other products, programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you, or for other purposes disclosed at the time of collection.  We also may use your personally identifiable information to contact you regarding your use of our products or services, or regarding changes to our Privacy Policy, or other policies or terms that affect you and your use of the Site or our products and services.  In addition, we may use such information to improve the content and navigation of the Website, or for other internal purposes. Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. 

 

Collection of Anonymous Information by Third Party Websites; Behavioral Advertising

We and our advertisers may use third parties (including Google) to present or serve advertisements and/or collect anonymous information when you visit the Website. These third parties (including Google) may use non-personally identifiable information from you during your visits to the Website and other websites in order to provide you with more tailored advertisements about goods and services that may be of more interest to you. These third parties (including Google) may use cookies, web beacons or similar technologies to help present such advertisements and collect such information. The use of these technologies by third party advertisers is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered by this Privacy Policy.

You may opt out of Google’s personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You may also opt out of other third party use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.infoIf you do not opt out of such other third party advertising, the cookies of such other third parties or ad networks may also be used to placed advertisements on the Website.

For more information about third party advertisers, please visit: www.networkadvertising.org

 

Links to Third Party Websites

The Website may contain links to third party websites, including, without limitation, for the purpose of offering such third party’s products or services on the Website. These third party websites are not operated by us and have separate and independent privacy polices that may differ from this Privacy Policy, and therefore, we have no control over the information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third party websites.  Accordingly, we are not responsible or liable for the privacy practices, content or other activities or these third party websites and cannot guarantee the security of any of your personal information collected there. You are solely responsible for reading, understanding and accepting the privacy policies of such third party websites.

 

Sharing of Information with Third Parties

Except as expressly provided below, we do not share, sell, trade or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties. However, we may disclose information about our users, including, without limitation, personally identifiable information, as follows: (1) to our legal, financial or other business advisors who have a need to know such information in order to provide their services to us and who agree to keep such information confidential; (2) when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation or otherwise pursuant to any applicable law; (3) to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Website; or (4) to limit our legal liability, to protect or defend our rights or property, or protect the safety, rights, or property of our users. In addition, we may disclose anonymous, aggregated user statistics to third parties for a variety of purposes, including, without limitation, for marketing or advertising purposes, such as the number of individuals, men or women who visited certain areas of the Website or other demographic data about users of the Website. 

 

Cookies and Web Beacons

To enhance your experience with the Website, we use “cookies.” Cookies are small text files placed in your computer’s [hard drive through your web] browser to store your preferences [that enables sites or service providers’ systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information]. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, registering at the Site. We use cookies to keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences in the future.] However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. We use cookies to understand site usage and to improve the content and offerings on the Site.  For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our webpages (e.g., to recognize you by name when you return to the Site), save your password in password-protected areas, and enable you to use shopping carts on the Site.  We also may use cookies to offer you products, programs, or services. 

Cookies do not cause damage to your computer systems or files, and only the website that transferred a particular cookie to you can read, modify or delete such cookie.  You always have the option of disabling cookies using your browser preferences.  Most browsers allow you to delete existing cookies, to automatically decline cookies or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of particular cookies to your computer.  However, please be aware that some features of the Site may not function properly or may be slower if you refuse cookies.  We do not control cookies that you may occasionally get from third-party sites.

“Web beacons” or clear .gifs are small pieces of code placed on a webpage to monitor the behavior of and collect data about the visitors viewing a webpage.  For example, Web beacons can be used to count the users who visit a webpage or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page.  We may use Web beacons from third party Web analytics services on this Site from time to time for these and other purposes.  The service does not collect any personally identifiable information that you do not voluntarily enter in this Site.  

 

Privacy Policy for Minors 

The Website is intended for use by persons over 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from any person under 13 years of age.

 

International Visitors

Information we collect will be transferred to and processed in the United States where our central database is operated. The privacy laws of the United States may not be as comprehensive as the data protection laws of the European Union or other countries. By providing us with your personally identifiable information, you consent to its use in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including, without limitation, the transfer of personally identifiable information relating to you to our computer systems in the United States.  

 

Our Commitment to Data Security

We have implemented practices and procedures to help safeguard and prevent unauthorized access to, maintain the security of, and correctly use the information we collect from you.  In order to maintain the security of your information, you should protect the confidentiality of such information used on the Site or to log into your account, if applicable.  Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online and cannot be responsible for the theft, destruction, or inadvertent disclosure of your personal information 

 

How to Access or Update Your Personal Identifiable Information

If you have previously provided any personally identifiable information to us by way of the Site, you retain the right to review, correct, update, delete or otherwise modify such information. To access the personally identifiable information that we have collected about you that we maintain, or to correct factual errors in such information, simply log into your account using your e-mail address and password to update your information.  Or you may also contact us at the “Contact” address, telephone number or e-mail provided below.

 

Your Choices

As noted above, we may use the personally identifiable information we collect from you to offer you products and services that may be of interest to you.  If you would like to opt out of future communications and/or promotional materials from us, you may indicate this preference by following the unsubscribe instructions at the end of our email communications to you or by sending us an email at info@sweetandsabroso.com to request any change to your communication preferences. 

 

Updates to this Privacy Policy

From time to time, we reserve the right to make updates to this Privacy Policy.  We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by, for example, placing a notice on the Site.  We encourage you to periodically check back and review this Privacy Policy so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it.  Your continued use of the Site following any changes to this Privacy Policy will be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such change.

 

Contacting Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact us at by email at: info@sweetandsabroso.com

Last updated: September 4, 2017

 

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