Our website address is: http://www.donriedesigns.com. Copyright of Donrie Design Studio. Last Updated: June 2022.
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains the information collection, use, and sharing
practices of company (“we,” “us,” and “our”).
Unless otherwise stated, this Policy describes and governs the information
collection, use, and sharing practices of company with respect to your use of our
website http://www.donriedesigns.com. and the services (“Services”) we provide and/or host on
our servers.
Before you use or submit any information through or in connection with the
Services, please carefully review this Privacy Policy. By using any part of the
Services, you understand that your information will be collected, used, and
disclosed as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree to this privacy policy, please do not use our Services.
We collect information in multiple ways, including when you provide information directly to us; when we passively collect information from you, such as from your
browser or device; and from third parties. We will collect any information you provide to us. We may collect information from
you in a variety of ways, such as when you: (a) create an online account, (b) make
a donation or purchase, (c) contact us or provide feedback, (d) subscribe to our
newsletter, or (e) subscribe to our newsletter. This information may include but is
not limited to your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, payment
information and your geographic location.
We also collect data about your use of the Services through the use of Internet
server logs and online tracking technologies, like cookies and/or tracking pixels. A
web server log is a file where website activity is stored. A cookie is a small text file
that is placed on your computer when you visit a website, that enables us to: (a)
recognize your computer; (b) store your preferences and settings; (c) understand
the web pages of the Services you have visited and the referral sites that have led
you to our Services; (d) enhance your user experience by delivering content
specific to your inferred interests; (e) perform searches and analytics; and (f) assist
with security administrative functions. Tracking pixels (sometimes referred to as
web beacons or clear GIFs) are tiny electronic tags with a unique identifier
embedded in websites, online ads and/or email, and that are designed to provide
usage information like ad impressions or clicks, measure popularity of the Services
and associated advertising, and to access user cookies. We may also use tracking
technologies in our license buttons and/or icons that you can embed on other
sites/services to track the website addresses where they are embedded, gauge
user interaction with them, and determine the number of unique viewers of them. If
you receive email from us (such as the CC newsletter, campaign updates, or other
ongoing email communications from CC), we may use certain analytics tools, such
as clear GIFs, to capture data such as whether you open our message, click on any
links or banners our email contains, or otherwise interact with what we send. This
data allows us to gauge the effectiveness of our communications and marketing
campaigns. As we adopt additional technologies, we may also gather additional
information through other methods.
Please note that you can change your settings to notify you when a cookie is being
set or updated, or to block cookies altogether. Please consult the “Help” section of
your browser for more information. Please note that by blocking any or all cookies,
you may not have access to certain features or offerings of the Services.
For more information about how we use cookies, please read our Cookie Policy.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Information from Third Parties
the extent permitted by law, we may also collect information from third parties,
including public sources, social media platforms, and marketing and market
research firms. Depending on the source, this information collected from third
parties could include name, contact information, demographic information,
information about an individual’s employer, information to verify identity or
trustworthiness, and information for other fraud or safety protection purposes.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. We may use the information we collect from and about you to:
• Fulfill the purposes for which you provided it.
• Provide and improve the Services, including to develop new features or services,
take steps to secure the Services, and for technical and customer support.
• Fundraise, accept donations, or process transactions.
• Send you information about your interaction or transactions with us, account
alerts, or other communications, such as newsletters to which you have subscribed.
• Process and respond to your inquiries or to request your feedback.
• Conduct analytics, research, and reporting, including to synthesize and derive
insights from your use of our Services.
• Comply with the law and protect the safety, rights, property, or security of
company, the Services, our users, and the general public; and
• Enforce our Terms of Use, including to investigate potential violations thereof.
Please note that we may combine information that we collect from you and about
you (including automatically collected information) with information we obtain about
you from our affiliates and/or non-affiliated third parties, and use such combined
information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We may aggregate and/or de-identify information collected through the Services.
We may use de-identified and/or aggregated data for any purpose, including without
limitation for research and marketing purposes.
Data Retention:
We retain the information we collect for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes
set forth in this Privacy Policy or as long as we are legally required or permitted to
do so. Information may persist in copies made for backup and business continuity
purposes for additional time.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Your Choices and Data Subject Rights
You have various rights with respect to the collection and use of your information
through the Services. Those choices are as follows:
Email Unsubscribe
You may unsubscribe from our marketing emails at any time by clicking on the
“unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each newsletter or by emailing info@donriedesigns.com with your request.
Account Preferences
If you have registered for an account with us through our Services, you can update
your account information or adjust your email communications preferences by
logging into your account and updating your settings.
EU Data Subject Rights
Individuals in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and other jurisdictions have
certain legal rights (subject to applicable exceptions and limitations) to obtain
confirmation of whether we hold certain information about them, to access such
information, and to obtain its correction or deletion in appropriate circumstances.
You may have the right to object to our handling of your information, restrict our
processing of your information, and to withdraw any consent you have provided. To
exercise these rights, please email us at info@donriedesigns.com with the nature of your
request so that we may resolve your
concerns directly as best and as promptly as we can.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
The laws in some jurisdictions require companies to tell you about the legal ground
they rely on to use or disclose information that can be directly linked to or used to
identify you. To the extent those laws apply, our legal grounds for processing such
information are as follows:
To Honor Our Contractual Commitments to You.
Much of our processing of information is to meet our contractual obligations to
provide services to our users.
Legitimate Interests.
In many cases, we handle information on the ground that it furthers our legitimate
interests in ways that are not overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and
freedoms of the affected individuals, these include:
• Customer service
• Marketing, advertising, and fundraising
• Protecting our users, personnel, and property
• Managing user accounts
• Organizing and running events and programs
• Analyzing and improving our business
• Managing legal issues
We may also process information for the same legitimate interests of our users and
business partners.
Legal Compliance.
We may need to use and disclose information in certain ways to comply with our
legal obligations.
We may disclose and/or share your information under the following circumstances:
Service Providers.
We may disclose your information with third parties who perform services on our
behalf, including without limitation, event management, marketing, customer
support, data storage, data analysis and processing, and legal services.
Legal Compliance and Protection of Creative Commons and Others.
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or on a good faith belief that such disclosure is permitted by this Privacy Policy or reasonably
necessary or appropriate for any of the following reasons: (a) to comply with legal
process; (b) to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, or other
contracts with you, including investigation of potential violations thereof; (c) enforce
our Charter including the Code of Conduct and policies contained and incorporated
therein, (d) to respond to your requests for customer service; and/or (e) to protect
the rights, property, or personal safety of company, our agents and affiliates, our
users, and the public. This includes exchanging information with other companies
and organizations for fraud protection, and spam/malware prevention, and similar
purposes.
Business Transfers.
As we continue to develop our business, we may engage in certain business
transactions, such as the transfer or sale of our assets. In such transactions,
(including in contemplation of such transactions, e.g., due diligence) your
information may be disclosed. If any of our assets are sold or transferred to a third
party, customer information (including your email address) would likely be one of
the transferred business assets.
Affiliated Companies.
We may disclose your information with current or future affiliated companies.
Consent.
We may disclose your information to any third parties based on your consent to do
so.
Aggregate/De-identified Information.
We may disclose de-identified and/or aggregated data for any purpose to third
parties, including advertisers, promotional partners, and/or others.
As described above in the “When We Disclose Your Information” section, we may
share your information with trusted service providers or business partners in
countries other than your country of residence in accordance with applicable law.
This means that some of your information may be processed in countries that may
not offer the same level of protection as the privacy laws of your jurisdiction. By
providing us with your information, you acknowledge any such transfer, storage or
use.
If we provide any information about you to any third parties information processors
located outside of the EEA, we will take appropriate measures to ensure such
companies protect your information adequately in accordance with this Privacy
Policy and other data protection laws to govern the transfers of such data.
We have implemented technical, physical, and organizational security measures to
protect against the loss, misuse, and/or alteration of your information. These
safeguards vary based on the sensitivity of the information that we collect and store.
However, we cannot and do not guarantee that these measures will prevent every
unauthorized attempt to access, use, or disclose your information since despite our
efforts, no Internet and/or other electronic transmissions can be completely secure.
The Services may contain links to third-party websites (e.g., social media sites like
Facebook and Twitter), third-party plug-ins (e.g., the Facebook “like” button and
Twitter “follow” button), and other services. If you choose to use these sites or
features, you may disclose your information not just to those third-parties, but also
to their users and the public more generally depending on how their services
function. Creative Commons is not responsible for the content or privacy practices
of such third party websites or services. The collection, use and disclosure of your
information will be subject to the privacy policies of the third party websites or
services, and not this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to read the privacy
statements of each and every site you visit.
We will continue to evaluate this Privacy Policy as we update and expand our
Services, and we may make changes to the Privacy Policy accordingly. We will post
any changes here and revise the date last updated above. We encourage you to
check this page periodically for updates to stay informed on how we collect, use
and share your information. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we
will provide you with notice as required by law.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, you can
contact us at: info@donriedesigns.com
