PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY
Last updated January 01, 2023
Welcome to the privacy and cookie policy for websites and services operated by Mishkin Enterprises LLC ("Company", "we," or "us"). This notice outlines how we collect, store, use, and share your information when you use our websites or interact with related services. This includes the websites for our Cultural Candy project: https://www.culturalcandy.com and our community website at https://www.sweetexchanges.com. The Company may have separate privacy policies for other business activities. Our commitment is to protect your privacy and help you understand your rights and choices. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at privacy@culturalcandy.com.
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
We take your privacy seriously. This summary highlights key points from our privacy policy to help you understand how and why we collect, use, and share your personal information when you use our Services.
For more detailed information, please review the full notice and several links pulled out for your convenience below:
What personal information do we collect? We may collect personal information when you interact with our Services, make choices, or use our products and features. Find out more by clicking here .
Do we process sensitive personal information? No, we do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we receive information from third parties? Yes, we may receive information from outside sources such as marketing partners, social media platforms, and public databases. Find out more by clicking here .
How do we use your information? We use your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, and comply with the law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We only process your information when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Find out more by clicking here .
With whom do we share your personal information? We may share your information with specific categories of third parties in certain situations. Find out more by clicking here.
How do we protect your information? We have measures in place to protect your personal information, but no system is foolproof. Find out more by clicking here.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are located, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. Find out more by clicking here.
How do you exercise your rights? You can exercise your rights by filling out our data subject request form or by contacting us directly. We will consider and respond to any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Learn more here,
We hope this summary has been helpful in outlining our approach to your privacy. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us at privacy@culturalcandy.com.
1. (IV) Overview of the Types of Data Collected
At Cultural Candy, we collect various personal information from our users, including your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, job title, username, password, contact preferences, contact or authentication data, billing address, and payment information necessary to process your transactions. When you make purchases, payment processing is carried out by Stripe, a third-party payment processor. Stripe is one of the most reputable payment processors in the industry and is used by many companies worldwide. We do not store your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processor, who uses your personal information and is governed by their own Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. For more information, please refer to Stripe's privacy policy, which you can find here. We may also collect other information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as your social media login data if you choose to register with us using your existing social media account details.
In addition, we also collect the following types of information:
Referrals: Current paying customers may be offered the opportunity to participate in our referral program, through which they may refer others to Cultural Candy. The referral program may involve the tracking of referrals through the use of unique URLs/codes, which are assigned to each customer after placing their first order. When another customer visits the website using this unique URL/code and successfully places an order, a referral may be recorded and the new customer may receive a discount off their purchase. In addition, the customer who made the referral may receive an account credit, which may be applied against their next transaction with Cultural Candy. Cultural Candy reserves the right to add or remove a user's ability to make referrals, as well as their referral account credits. Users are strictly forbidden from sharing their referral links with the general public, including on public social media pages or any publicly accessible website. Any user found to be in violation of these terms may have their referral credits removed, and their account may be revoked.
Gift Recipient(s): In addition to referrals, users of our website may send eGifts and eGift cards to recipients. The email address and phone number(s) of the recipients may be provided to the website. Additionally, a personal message from the user to the gift recipient may be captured and transmitted. By providing us with the recipient's information and personal message, the user represents and warrants that they have obtained any necessary consent from the recipient(s) to provide this information to Cultural Candy and that the personal message does not infringe on any rights of third parties. Cultural Candy may use the recipient's information for the sole purpose of delivering the eGift or eGift card and may retain the information for record-keeping purposes.
In addition, we automatically collect certain information when you visit our Services, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and settings, device type and settings, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
We may also collect limited data from public databases, joint marketing partners, affiliate programs, data providers, social media platforms, and other third parties in order to enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing, offers, and services to you and update our records. This information may include your mailing address, email address, phone number, job title, intent data (or user behavior data), IP addresses, social media profiles, social media URLs, and custom profiles, for purposes of targeted advertising and event promotion.
Rest assured that any personal information you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information. We take your privacy and security seriously and have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns about how we collect, use, or disclose your personal information, please don't hesitate to contact us at privacy@culturalcandy.com.
2. (V) How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for a variety of purposes related to our Services, including to provide, improve, and administer the Services, to communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with the law. Specifically, we use your personal information for the following purposes:
· To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts.
· To deliver and facilitate the delivery of services to you.
· To respond to your inquiries and support requests.
· To send administrative information to you, such as updates to our terms and policies.
· To fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services.
· To enable user-to-user communications.
· To request feedback and contact you about your use of our Services.
· To send you marketing and promotional communications, subject to your marketing preferences. You may opt out of these communications at any time.
· To deliver targeted advertising to you based on your interests, location, and other factors.
· To protect the safety and security of our Services, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
· To identify usage trends and improve our Services.
· To evaluate and measure the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns.
· To save or protect an individual's vital interests, such as to prevent harm.
· We may also use your information to communicate with you about referrals that you have made or received, subject to your marketing preferences. If you have any questions or concerns about how we use your personal information, please contact us at privacy@culturalcandy.com.
3. VI. Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following categories of third parties. We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you share with third parties that we may link to or who advertise on our Services, but are not affiliated with, our Services.
The Services may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, services, or applications. Accordingly, we do not make any guarantee regarding any such third parties, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of such third-party websites, services, or applications. The inclusion of a link towards a third-party website, service, or application does not imply an endorsement by us. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Services. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.
Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents ("third parties") who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts in place with our third parties, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any organization apart from us. They also commit to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct.
The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:
· Affiliate Marketing Programs
· Ad Networks
· Cloud Computing Services
· Communication & Collaboration Tools
· Data Analytics Services
· Data Storage Service Providers
· Order Fulfillment Service Providers
· Payment Processors
· Performance Monitoring Tools
· Product Engineering & Design Tools
· Retargeting Platforms
· Sales & Marketing Tools
· Social Networks
· Testing Tools
· User Account Registration & Authentication Services
· Website Hosting Service Providers
We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
When we use Google Maps Platform APIs. We may share your information with certain Google Maps Platform APIs (e.g., Google Maps API, Places API). To find out more about Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to this link. We use certain Google Maps Platform APIs to retrieve certain information when you make location-specific requests.
A full list of what we use information for can be found in this section and in the previous section titled "HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?". We obtain and store on your device ("cache") your location for six (6) months. You may revoke your consent anytime by contacting us at the contact details provided at the end of this document. The Google Maps Platform APIs that we use store and access cookies and other information on your devices. If you are a user currently in the European Economic Area (EU countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) or the United Kingdom, please take a look at our Cookie Notice.
Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
Other Users. When you share personal information (for example, by posting comments, contributions, or other content to the Services) or otherwise interact with public areas of the Services, such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly made available outside the Services in perpetuity. If you interact with other users of our Services and register for our Services through a social network (such as Facebook), your contacts on the social network will see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within our Services, and view your profile.
4. (IX) Legal Bases for Processing Personal Information
In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under applicable law, such as with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.
If you are located in the EU or UK, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:
Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
· Send users information about special offers and discounts on our products and services.
· Develop and display personalized and relevant advertising content for our users.
· Analyze how our services are used so we can improve them to engage and retain users.
· Support our marketing activities.
· Diagnose problems and/or prevent fraudulent activities.
· Understand how our users use our products and services so we can improve user experience.
Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
· Send users information about special offers and discounts on our products and services.
· Develop and display personalized and relevant advertising content for our users.
· Analyze how our services are used so we can improve them to engage and retain users.
· Support our marketing activities.
· Diagnose problems and/or prevent fraudulent activities.
· Understand how our users use our products and services so we can improve user experience.
Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
If you are located in Canada, we may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent. For more information on the exceptional cases, please refer to the section titled "HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES" above. If you have any questions or concerns about our legal bases for processing your personal information, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below.
In addition to the legal bases for processing personal information, we are required to provide specific information to residents of California regarding their privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Under the CCPA, California residents have the right to request access to and deletion of their personal information that we have collected about them, as well as the right to know the categories of personal information that we have collected, the categories of sources from which the personal information was collected, the business or commercial purposes for which the personal information was collected, and the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information.
California residents also have the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information, although we do not sell personal information in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration.
If you are a California resident and wish to exercise your rights under the CCPA, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights, such as by denying you access to our services or charging you a different price for our services.
5. (VII) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION
In Short: We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no security measures can guarantee 100% protection against unauthorized access, so we cannot ensure that your personal information will never be accessed or stolen by unauthorized parties.
We strive to protect your personal information and have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures, including firewalls, encryption, access controls, and other industry-standard measures. Our Sites use SSL technology to encrypt your credit card number and other personal information during transmission.
Despite our efforts, no security measures can guarantee complete protection against unauthorized access or theft. Therefore, we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security measures and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.
You acknowledge that the transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. We recommend that you access our Services only within a secure environment.
6. (VIII) Cookies and Tracking Technologies
In Short: We use cookies and other tracking technologies to provide and improve our services, as well as to personalize your experience.
We may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other similar tracking technologies to collect and store information about your use of our website and services. We use this information to provide and improve our services, personalize your experience, and analyze trends.
The types of cookies we use include:
· Strictly necessary cookies: These are essential to enable you to use our website and services, and to provide features such as security and support.
· Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website and services, such as which pages you visit and any errors you encounter. This information helps us to improve our website and services.
· Functionality cookies: These cookies allow us to remember your preferences and personalize your experience on our website and services.
· Advertising cookies: These cookies are used to deliver relevant advertisements to you and measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings or other opt-out mechanisms provided by third-party advertisers. Please note that disabling cookies may limit your ability to use certain features of our website and services.
In addition, we offer the ability to log in to our services using your social media accounts. If you choose to do so, we may receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider, such as your name, email address, and profile picture. We will use this information only for the purposes described in this privacy policy.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy policy or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant Services. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy policy to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
Do Not Track signals
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy policy.
7. (XI)Data Security and Retention
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.
Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than twelve
(12) months past the termination of the user's account.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
8. (XIII) Children's Privacy
In Short: Our website is not intended for children under 18 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect data from or market to minors.
Our website and services are not intended for use by children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors, nor do we market our products or services to minors. By using our website and services, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age or older. If we learn that personal information from a minor has been collected without parental consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information as soon as possible. If you believe that we may have collected information from a minor without parental consent, please contact us at compliance@culturalcandy.com so that we can investigate and take appropriate measures.
Please note that by using our website and services, you agree to our Terms of Use, which expressly prohibit minors from using our website and services.
9. (X) Your Rights and Choices
In Short: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Canada, or California (USA) you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time. If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. Additionally, you may opt-out of receiving marketing and promotional communications from us at any time.
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
If you are located in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below or updating your preferences.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
Account Information: If you would like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can log in to your account settings and update your user account or contact us using the contact information provided below. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. To opt out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Services visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request form by clicking here.
marketing & promotional communications:
Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, replying "STOP" or "UNSUBSCRIBE" to the SMS messages that we send, or by updating your communication preferences in your user account under "communication preferences". You will then be removed from the marketing lists related to news, updates, and promotion and coupons. Please note that you cannot opt out or unsubscribe from emails regarding account info and orders.
DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with Services, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Services. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g., backups, etc.).
CCPA Privacy policy
The California Code of Regulations defines a "resident" as:
1) every individual who is in the State of California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose and
2) every individual who is domiciled in the State of California who is outside the State of California for a temporary or transitory purpose
All other individuals are defined as "non-residents."
If this definition of "resident" applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal information.
What categories of personal information do we collect?
|
Category |
Examples |
Collected |
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A. Identifiers |
Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name |
YES |
|
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute |
Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information |
YES |
|
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law |
Gender and date of birth |
YES |
|
D. Commercial information |
Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information |
YES |
|
E. Biometric information |
Fingerprints and voiceprints |
NO |
|
F. Internet or other similar network activity |
Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements |
YES |
|
G. Geolocation data |
Device location |
YES |
|
H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information |
Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities |
YES |
|
I. Professional or employment-related information |
Business contact details in order to provide you our services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us |
YES |
|
J. Education Information |
Student records and directory information |
YES |
|
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information |
Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics |
YES |
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:
§ Receiving help through our customer support channels;
§ Participation in customer surveys or contests;
§ Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries;
§ Providing additional information on our community website.
How do we use and share your personal information?
We collect and share your personal information through:
§ Targeting cookies/Marketing cookies
§ Social media cookies
§ Beacons/Pixels/Tags
§ Click redirects: When you click on certain links or advertisements on our Services, you may be redirected to a third-party website or service. These click redirects may collect personal information about you, such as your IP address, browser type, and device information, as well as your interaction with the link or advertisement. We may receive information about your click redirects from these third parties and may use it to improve our Services and personalize your experience.
§ Social media plugins: We use social media features, such as a "Share" button, in our Services. Such features may process your Internet Protocol (IP) address and track which page you are visiting on our website. We may place a cookie to enable the feature to work correctly. If you are logged in on a certain social media platform and you interact with a widget or button belonging to that social media platform, this information may be recorded to your profile of such social media platform. To avoid this, you should log out from that social media platform before accessing or using the Services. Social media features and widgets may be hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Services. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide them. By clicking on one of these buttons, you agree to the use of this plugin and consequently the transfer of personal information to the corresponding social media service. We have no control over the essence and extent of these transmitted data or their additional processing.
§ More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy policy.
You may contact us by email at privacy@culturalcandy.com, by calling toll-free at 1-800-303-4209, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your right to opt out we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the information on our behalf.
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.
"We have not sold or shared any of your personal information with any third parties for business or commercial purposes in the past twelve (12) months. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information."
The categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information for a business or commercial purpose can be found under "WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?".
Under California law, residents have specific rights regarding the access, deletion, and sharing of their personal information. If you are a California resident, you may have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell your personal information, however, if you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at compliance@culturalcandy.com.
Your rights with respect to your personal data
Right to request deletion of the data — Request to delete
You can ask for the deletion of your personal information. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.
Right to be informed — Request to know
Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:
§ whether we collect and use your personal information;
§ the categories of personal information that we collect;
§ the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
§ whether we sell your personal information to third parties;
§ the categories of personal information that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose;
§ the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and
§ the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de- identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.
Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights
We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
Verification process
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g., phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.
We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for the purposes of verification. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud- prevention purposes. We will delete such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying you.
Other privacy rights
§ You may object to the processing of your personal information.
§ You may request correction of your personal data if it is incorrect or no longer relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of the information.
§ You can designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with the CCPA.
§ You may request to opt out from future selling of your personal information to third parties. Upon receiving an opt-out request, we will act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than fifteen (15) days from the date of the request submission.
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at compliance@culturalcandy.com, by calling toll-free at 1- 800-303-4209, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.
10. (XV) Changes to This Policy
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
11. Handling Data Breaches
We take data breaches very seriously and have implemented policies and procedures to handle them in a timely and effective manner. In the event of a data breach, we will promptly investigate the matter and notify users who may have been affected in accordance with applicable laws.
If we determine that a breach has occurred, we will take immediate steps to contain the breach and minimize any potential harm to affected individuals. This may include temporarily suspending or disabling access to affected systems or data.
If required by law, we will notify affected individuals and relevant authorities of the breach without undue delay. We will also provide information on the type of data that was breached, the number of affected individuals, the potential impact of the breach, and the measures we are taking to address the issue.
If you become aware of any potential data breaches, please contact us immediately at [insert contact information] so that we can take appropriate action.
Please note that while we take every reasonable measure to protect your personal information, no security measure is completely foolproof and we cannot guarantee the security of your information in the event of a breach. By using our services, you acknowledge and accept this risk.
11. (XVI. Contact Us)
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at compliance@culturalcandy.com or by post to:
By Mail:
Mishkin Enterprises LLC
4777 Leyden St
Denver, CO 80216 United States
By Email:
By Phone:
1-800-303-4209
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