Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 2019
We at Kate Murtaugh Events & Design LLC (“Company,” “we,” “us”) respect your privacy and want you to understand how we collect, use, and share data about you - our visitors, users, and customers.
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) addresses our data collection practices. It describes your rights to access, correct, or restrict our use of your personal information. Unless we state otherwise, this Policy applies when you visit or use the Company website(s) – www.katemurtaughevents.com, our social media channels, and related platforms (“Platforms”).
By using the Platforms, you agree to the terms of this Policy, our Terms of Service, or any other agreement that governs your use of our Platforms (collectively, “Agreements”). You should not use our Platforms if you disagree with the terms and conditions of these Agreements.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT
a. Information You Provide Us
We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect data when you create an online account, sign up to receive our emails, communicate with us on the Platforms or via third-party social media sites, or order our products or services. The type of information we may collect includes the following:
name
email address
zip code
billing address
shipping address
phone number
payment card information
products ordered
purchase date
any other data you choose to provide
b. Automatically Collected Information through Tracking Technologies
When you visit or use the Platforms, we may use cookies, pixels, tags, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about browsing and purchasing behavior. The type of information we may collect includes:
Type of browser you use
access times
pages viewed
time spent on pages
links clicked
your IP address
The referring link through which you accessed the Site
conversion information
WHAT WE USE YOUR INFORMATION FOR
We use collected information in a variety of ways, including:
Provide the products and services you request;
process transactions and send you related information (i.e., confirmations and receipts);
Respond to your comments, questions, and requests, and provide customer service;
Communicate with you about products, services, offers, and promotions, and provide news and information that will interest you.
WHO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH
Publicly Shared Information: Any information you voluntarily share in a public area of our Platforms (e.g., by posting a comment on a blog post or leaving a review) will be available to anyone with access to that content.
To Company Employees and Contractors: We may share your personal information within the Company with our employees and contractors to deliver our services and products to you.
Third-Party Service Providers: We use third-party service providers to collect and process personal information from or about you on our behalf. Examples include data analysis, marketing, and advertising services, email and hosting services, customer services and support, hosting customer accounts, processing credit card payments, and collecting customer research or satisfaction surveys. They have access to the personal information needed to perform their functions.
Online Advertising Services: We use third-party advertising services, like Facebook, Instagram, and Google, to deliver advertising about our services on our Platforms, as well as other websites and applications you use. The ads may be based on information we have collected (as outlined above) and information these advertising providers know about you based on their tracking data. The ads can be found on your recent activity or activity over time and across other sites and services and may be tailored to your interests.
Analytic Services: We use third-party browser and mobile analytics services, like Google Analytics, Squarespace Analytics, Instagram Analytics, and Facebook Analytics on the Platforms. These services use tools to help us analyze your use of the Platforms, including information like the third-party website you arrive from, how often you visit, events within the Platforms, usage and performance data, and purchasing behavior. We use this data to improve the Platforms and provide information, products, and services that may interest you.
Law Enforcement, Legal Process, and Compliance: We may disclose personal information about you (1) if we are required or permitted to do so by applicable law or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena), (2) to law enforcement authorities or other government officials to comply with a legitimate legal request, (3) when we believe disclosure is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, (4) to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights, (5) in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraud or illegal activity or (6) otherwise with your consent.
Change of Ownership: We reserve the right to transfer to relevant third parties any information we have about you in the event of a potential or actual sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a merger, acquisition, joint venture, reorganization, divestiture, dissolution or liquidation) or other business combination. In such a case, we will require the relevant third parties to provide comparable levels of protection as we provide concerning the information we share.
KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION SECURE
We have appropriate security measures to prevent personal information from being lost, used, or accessed unauthorizedly. We limit access to your personal information to those with a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your data will do so only in an authorized manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We also have procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
YOUR RIGHTS
Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you may have several necessary rights free of charge. We may have valid legal reasons to refuse your request for each of the rights below. We will let you know if that is the case in such instances. In summary, your rights include:
Fair processing of information and transparency over how we use your use personal information;
Access to your personal information and to specific other supplementary data that this Policy is already designed to address;
Require us to correct any mistakes in the information that we hold;
Require the erasure of personal information concerning you in certain situations;
Receive the personal information concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party in certain situations;
Object at any time to processing of personal information concerning you for direct marketing;
Object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you;
Object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your personal information;
Otherwise, restrict our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on an individual's rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.
If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please:
Email, call, or write to us (see “How to Contact Us” below);
Provide us with enough information to identify you (e.g., account number, user name, registration details);
Provide us proof of your identity and address, and
Provide us with sufficient information about your request (e.g., any account or reference numbers).
Email Communications: If you would like to unsubscribe from any email marketing communications we send you, you can click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the message.
Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually set your browser to remove or reject cookies. However, note that doing so does not necessarily affect third-party flash cookies connected with the Platforms. Further information about deleting and blocking cookies can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Information from Third Parties: To manage the information we receive about you from a social media site or other third parties, you will need to follow the instructions from that party to update your information and change your privacy settings, where available. This Policy covers the information we collect, and the information the third party collects is subject to such third party’s privacy practices. Privacy choices you have made on any third-party site will not apply to our use of the information we have collected directly through our Platforms.
THIRD-PARTY SITES
The Platforms may contain features or links to websites and services provided by third parties. Any information you provide on third-party sites or services is provided directly to the operators and is subject to those operators’ policies, if any, governing privacy and security, even if accessed through the Platforms. We are not responsible for the content, privacy, security practices, or policies of third-party sites or services that provide links or access through the Platforms. We encourage you to learn about third parties’ privacy and security policies before providing them with information.
OUR POLICY CONCERNING MINORS
Minors should not use the Platforms. If we learn that we’ve collected personal data from a minor, we will take reasonable steps to delete it. Parents who believe that the Company may have collected personal information from a minor can submit a request that it be removed by contacting us (see “How to Contact Us” below).
NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
If you are a California resident, you have the right to request certain details about what personal information we share with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To submit your request, please get in touch with us (see “How to Contact Us” below) with the phrase “California Shine the Light” and include your mailing address, state of residence, and email address.
CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THIS POLICY
We may change this Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this Policy. Sometimes, we may provide you additional notice (such as sending you an email notification). We encourage you to review the Policy whenever you interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and how you can help protect your privacy.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Terms of Service, please contact us at:
Kate Murtaugh Events & Design LLC
kate@katemurtaughevents.com
617-334-5928
