Welcome to the ever-exciting Privacy Policy page!
Dinosaur Stew (dinosaurstew.com) (referred to as ‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’) owns and operates this website. This document governs our relationship with your personal and non-personal information. Access to and use of this website and the products/services available within (collectively referred to as the ‘services’) are subject to the following privacy policy. We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time, without notice
This website may contain links to other websites which are not operated or necessarily affiliated with us. We have no control over what these websites may contain and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
The subject headings of the paragraphs and subparagraphs on this page are included for convenience only. They shall not affect the interpretation of the information contained within.
Your Information – An Overview:
In general, you are able to control the amount and type of information you provide to us when using our website. You are not required to provide us with any personally identifiable information as a visitor of this website. However, if you wish to purchase and/or use a certain service, we need to collect certain personal information in order to conduct the transaction.
We may process certain types of data about you when you interact with us. This may include information such as:
- Data used for identification purposes such as first name, last name, and username
- Contact data such as billing address, email address, and telephone number
- Technical data such as login data, IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, device type and operating system version
- Transition data which may include details about purchases made by you on our website
- Profile data such as your username and password, purchases or orders, and your preferences
- Usage data such as how you use our website, products, and services
- Marketing and communications data such as your preference in receiving marketing communications from us
We do not collect any sensitive data on our website. Sensitive data includes information like SSN or similar identification number, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, political opinions, health and/or biometric data, or data about criminal convictions or offenses. At no time should you submit your sensitive data to this site.
Usage and retention
Information is collected and/or stored for the following usages:
- deliver/provide you with our services
- provide you with an optimal user experience
- accounting & administrative tasks, like doing our taxes, and for required legal purposes
- analyze trends amongst our users
We store this information for up to ten years.
Sharing Your Information With Third Parties
We do not sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes. We may, however, disclose your personal information to trusted third parties who work with or on behalf of us to provide products and services. We will never share your information with untrusted or unrelated third parties. We may otherwise disclose your personal information when: 1) we have your express consent to share the information for a specified purpose; we need to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or such other legal processes; we need to protect the personal safety of the users of our website or defend our rights to property; we find that your actions on our website violate our terms & conditions or any usage guidelines for specific products or services. By voluntarily providing us with the requested personal information, you consent to the collection and use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy. If you do not consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information as outlined in this policy, please do not provide any personal information to us. If you have provided personal information to us and no longer consent to its use or disclosure outlined herein, please notify hello@dinosaurstew.com
Depending on how you interact with the website, the following third parties may have access to your personal information and computer information:
– Google Apps and Google Analytics (Mountain View, California): We use Google Analytics to track and analyze website visits and usage. Google Analytics tracks your visit using a unique User ID to record user flow, language, browser and operating system, internet service provider, and device(s) used to access this website. We may analyze this information in bulk to improve our services. User IP addresses—considered by some to be a form of personal data—are anonymized.
– SiteGround (Chicago, Illinois): Our website is hosted on a SiteGround server. Any data you submit via our website is stored in a database located on this server.
– ConvertKit (United States): we collect email addresses, manage and maintain our email list, and send marketing emails with ConvertKit. Please read below to view more information about this.
– PayPal (San Jose, California): PayPal is our main payment processor and is used if you choose to make a purchase through this website. Please read below to view more information about this.
– Teachery.co: our free and paid ecourses are hosted and maintained through Teachery.co. If you choose to interact with one of our ecourses, your information will be submitted to Teachery.co in order to deliver the ecourse to you. Please read below for more information about this.
– YouTube: we occasionally embed videos from YouTube on our website. This content will behave as if you visited YouTube.com itself. As such, YouTube may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you are logged into your YouTube.com account.
– Vimeo: we occasionally embed videos from Vimeo on our website. This content will behave as if you visited Vimeo.com itself. As such, Vimeo may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you are logged into your Vimeo.com account.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this website, have left comments, or made a purchase, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we have collected from and/or about you. You can request that we erase any personal data by emailing hello@dinosaurstew.com. Please note that this may not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Making A Purchase – WordPress Themes & Social Media Templates
If you decide to purchase a product from our online shop, we will collect this information from you:
- Your first and last name
- Your billing address
- Your email address
We use this information to register you as a customer to process your order and deliver your product/service, and complete your order or transaction with us. We may store some or all of this information for a reasonable period of time as outlined above for both accounting purposes and as verifiable information about your purchase.
We do not collect or store any payment information. All transactions are processed off-site by our third-party processor, PayPal. Information related to your payment is collected and stored by PayPal, and usage and storage of that information is governed by Paypal’s applicable terms of service and privacy policy. Here is a link to Paypal’s privacy policy: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
You do not have to create an account with us in order to make your purchase, however, you are given the option. Your account will be associated with your email address and any other information you provide, and this information can be modified at any time. You can delete your account entirely at any time by emailing hello@dinosaurstew.com with the request.
Making A Purchase – eCourses
If you decide to use or purchases one of our ecourses, Teachery.co will collect this information from you:
- Your first and last name
- Your email address
- Your payment information
Payments are processed by Teachery.co’s third-party payment processor. Information related to your payment is collected and stored by this entity, and usage and storage of that information is governed by their own applicable terms of service and privacy policy. Here is a link to Teachery.co’s privacy policy: https://www.teachery.co/privacy
Contact Forms
Should you choose to contact me via any contact form on my website, we collect and store your name, email address, and any other data you submit via the form. This is transmitted to our email inboxes at Gmail and stored on our server. We do not use any information you submit via a contact form for promotional or marketing purposes.
Comments
If you choose to make a comment on one of our pages or posts that have comments enabled, we collect and store your name, email address, and any other data or information you submit via the contact form. Your IP address is also recorded, along with a browser user agent string to help in spam detection.
Gravatar: An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to Gravatar to check if you are using this service. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/ After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Your comment information is stored within our website and displayed publicly indefinitely. If you would like to remove your comment, please email hello@dinosaurstew with your request
Our Newsletter & Marketing Emails
Should you choose to opt in to receive our newsletter and other marketing emails from us, you will receive promotional emails about our products or services (along with other information that we hope you find useful, and some exclusive free content!). In the case that you decide you no longer want to receive these emails from us, you can unsubscribe at any time. The unsubscribe link is available at the bottom of each marketing email we send. Our marketing emails contain tracking pixels that tell us if you open the email or not; if you clicked on a hyperlink contained in the newsletter; and your location.
We manage, maintain, and send emails to those on our email marketing list with the third-party service, ConvertKit. ConvertKit stores your name and email address, as well as location data, on their servers. They hold your data indefinitely. You can update your subscriber settings or request to have your account removed altogether by contacting ConvertKit.
Cookie Policy
Like most websites on the internet, we use “cookies” to identify areas of our website that you have visited. This is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser(s). Cookies are typically used to improve your experience as a user. Most web browsers have the option to disable the use of cookies.
If you turn cookies off, some of the features that optimize your experience with this website may not function properly.
Security
We safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, or disclosure through access control procedures, network firewalls, and physical security measures. Unfortunately, no transition of data over the internet can be considered 100% secure. By providing us with your personal information, you acknowledge that this information could be accessed by a third party. We are not responsible for any information shared through our website without our knowledge or permission. If we have reason to believe your personal information was accessed by someone without our permission, we will inform you promptly.
Contact
If you have any questions about this policy, please email us at hello@dinosaurstew.com
Last updated: May 25, 2018