COOKIES POLICY

Branding Hatch is committed to protecting the privacy of its website users. To be as clear as possible, we do not sell data, we do not share data, we only ask for Personal Data if it’s needed to provide a service, and we do not collect information from children under the age of 13.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.brandinghatch.com (the “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

  • on the Website; or
  • in e-mail, instant messages, and other electronic messages between you and the Website.

This policy does not apply to information collected by:

  • us offline or through any other means, including on any other website or application operated by us or any third party, including our clients; or
  • any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of the Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Information About Cookies, Other Technologies, and Third-party Data Collection

As you navigate through and interact with the Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to the Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). If you do not wish for us to collect information about you through automatic data collection technologies, you may set the browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Some parts of the Website, however, may not be accessible or may not function or function as expected as a result. Also, if you use a different browser or computer, you will have to make this same selection again.

This information helps us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
  • Speed up your searches.
  • Recognize you when you return to the Website.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies).A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
  • Click Tracking.Click tracking is a tool used to determine and record what a user clicks on while browsing through the Website. Our Website may use click tracking to conduct market research and software testing.
  • Web Beacons.Pages of our the Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us:

To present the Website and its contents to you.

  • To provide you with information that you request from us.
  • To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

From time to time, we may use your Personal Data that you have provided to us to send email messages to respond to any emails or other communications you send to us or to advise you of any problems with our Website.

We do not share Personal Data with anyone outside of our organization. Branding Hatch may use non-identifying basic information (aggregate data) to analyze site usage and to improve the content and design of the site.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose Personal Data that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business who agree to abide by our Privacy Policy.
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Branding Hatch’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Branding Hatch about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
  • With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

  • To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Branding Hatch, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies.For purposes of advertising and other behavioral tracking, our systems recognize “do not track” signals from your browser. However, the Website may still utilize cookies even if you have enabled Do not Track in your browser, in order to track session data that is critical to the Website’s functionality, such as verifying a user’s identity.
  • Promotional Offers from the Company.If you do not wish to have your contact information used by us to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by sending us an e-mail stating your request to hello@smithandconnors.com. If we have sent you a promotional e-mail, you may opt out of future e-mails by following the “unsubscribe” process at the bottom of the promotional email. This opt out does not apply to information provided to us as a result of a product purchase, product service experience, or other transactions.

Data Security

We and our partners have implemented measures designed to secure your information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. These include the use of SSL encryption, administrative access level controls, and employee training.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to our Website, submitted by you, information gathered about you, or information stored by us. Any transmission of information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your personal information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development. If a notification is appropriate, we will endeavor to do so as promptly as possible under the circumstances, and, if we have your email address, we may notify you by email. You consent to our use of email as a means of such notification. If you prefer for us to use another method to notify you in this situation, please email us at hello@smithandconnors.com with the alternative contact information you wish to be used.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Personal Data

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 INC.)

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield Participant.

CONTACTING THE USER (THIS WEBSITE)

By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Website 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: email address, first name, last name, and customized message provider by the User.

MAILING LIST OR NEWSLETTER (THIS WEBSITE)

By registering on the MailChimp mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website. You may remove yourself from the mailing list at any time by clicking the Unsubscribe link in the footer of any newsletter, or you can send us an email to be manually removed from the list.

Personal Data collected: email address, first name, and last name.

The Rights of Users

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner. In particular, Users have the right to do the following:

  • Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
  • Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
  • Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
  • Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
  • Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
  • Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
  • Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User’s consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

No Liability

While Branding Hatch takes appropriate measures to ensure information is protected, nevertheless, such security measures may not prevent all loss, misuse or alteration of information on the site. Branding Hatch is not responsible for any damages or liabilities relating to such security failures. You understand that unauthorized third parties may access data and communications, including email, when communicated via the Internet. Branding Hatch’s website includes links to other websites. Branding Hatch cannot ensure the privacy practices of other such sites.

 How to Contact Branding Hatch

You may contact us with questions or comments about this privacy policy via our Contact page.

Branding Hatch reserves the right to change this policy at any time and will post and highlight any changes at this site.